spermophile
Webster Dictionary
any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher
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tucan
Webster Dictionary
the Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also tugan, and tuza
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gopher
Webster Dictionary
one of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan
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gauffre
Webster Dictionary
a gopher, esp. the pocket gopher
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gopher
Webster Dictionary
one of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile
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holt
Webster Dictionary
a deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place
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hole
Webster Dictionary
to cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
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plughole
(plughole)
Princeton's WordNet
a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)
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cup
(cup)
Princeton's WordNet
the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
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spiracle
(ˈspaɪ rə kəl, ˈspɪr ə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole; blowhole.
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ream
Webster Dictionary
to bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer
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wormhole
(ˈwɜrmˌhoʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a theoretical passageway in space between a black hole and a white hole.
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bullsnake
(ˈbʊlˌʃɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any large, harmless North American constrictor of the genus Pituophis, as the gopher snake or pine snake, that feeds chiefly upon small rodents.
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gopherus
(Gopherus, genus Gopherus)
Princeton's WordNet
gopher tortoises
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genus gopherus
(Gopherus, genus Gopherus)
Princeton's WordNet
gopher tortoises
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hole
(ʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hole out, to strike a golf ball into a hole.
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southeastern pocket gopher
(southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis)
Princeton's WordNet
gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida
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geomys pinetis
(southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis)
Princeton's WordNet
gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida
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top
(top, cover)
Princeton's WordNet
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
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cover
(top, cover)
Princeton's WordNet
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
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pouched
Webster Dictionary
having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher
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hardy
Webster Dictionary
a blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole
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countersink
Webster Dictionary
to chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw
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geomys bursarius
(plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius)
Princeton's WordNet
gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
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plains pocket gopher
(plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius)
Princeton's WordNet
gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
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cheek pouch
(cheek pouch)
Princeton's WordNet
a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher)
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sink
Webster Dictionary
a hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole
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mousehole
Webster Dictionary
a hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse
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bore
(ɔr, boʊr)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
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salamander
Webster Dictionary
the pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States
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