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    GOPHER TURTLE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    gopher; gopher tortoise; gopher turtle; Gopherus polypemus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("gopher turtle" is a kind of...):

    tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)

    Holonyms ("gopher turtle" is a member of...):

    genus Gopherus; Gopherus (gopher tortoises)

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