wood gopher

West

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

a species of wood rat, Neotoma cinerea.

Quotations

1957

. . . I shared the tenancy with a dozen chipmunks . . . three bushy-tailed wood gophers . . . and a baker's dozen of garter snakes.

1957

It was my owl . . . gripping the still-wriggling body of a wood gopher in its talons.