1. small burrowing rodents with large cheek pouches, found in North and Central America
2. ground squirrels, especially striped ground squirrels
Usage: regional

Examples

• The gophers had dug tunnels all through the garden.
• Farmers often consider gophers to be pests because they damage crops.
• We saw several gophers popping their heads up from their burrows.
• The lawn was covered with small mounds where gophers had been digging.
• Gophers store food in their large cheek pouches.
• The golf course hired someone to remove the gophers from the greens.