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Noun: gopher tortoise
  1. Burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
    - gopher turtle, gopher, Gopherus polypemus

Derived forms: gopher tortoises

Type of: tortoise

Part of: genus Gopherus, Gopherus

Encyclopedia: Gopher tortoise