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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An American rodent quadruped of the family Geomyidæ so called from the large pockets or external cheek-pouches. Also
pocket-rat . See cut underGeomyidæ .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
burrowing rodent of thefamily Geomyidae, the "true"gophers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
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