Chipmunk vs. Gopher

Chipmunknoun

A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.

Chipmunkverb

To speed up an audio recording, especially a song, to make the voices high-pitched.

Chipmunkverb

In competitive eating, to stuff food in one's mouth during the final moments of a contest.

Chipmunknoun

A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.

Chipmunknoun

chipmunk of western America and Asia

Chipmunk

Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of the family Sciuridae. Chipmunks are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

Gophernoun

A small burrowing rodent, especially in the family Geomyidae.

Gophernoun

The gopher tortoise.

Gophernoun

The gopher rockfish.

Gophernoun

One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ; - called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

Gophernoun

One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridæ; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); - called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.

Gophernoun

A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.

Gophernoun

A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.

Gophernoun

a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

Gophernoun

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

Gophernoun

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

Gophernoun

burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

Gopher

Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 35 species are all endemic to North and Central America.