1. (

• goffer ,
• gopher

) a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) ;

2. (

• Minnesotan ,
• Gopher ,

) a native or resident of Minnesota ;

3. (

• ground_squirrel ,
• gopher ,
• spermophile

) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops ;

4. (

• gopher ,
• pocket_gopher ,
• pouched_rat ,

) burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America ;

5. (

• gopher_tortoise ,
• gopher_turtle ,
• gopher ,
• Gopherus_polypemus

) burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America ;