The meaning of Gopher

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A burrowing rodent with fur-lined pouches on the outside of the cheeks, found in north and central america.

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First, it is likely that the bag fragment was carried underground by a squirrel, gopher or other bu…

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A tortoise of dry sandy regions that excavates tunnels as shelter from the sun, native to the southern us.

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However, the northernmost range of the gopher tortoise is limited to southern south carolina.

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A menu-based system for internet searching and document retrieval, largely superseded by the world wide web.

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The gopher system enabled documents to be listed in a readable, hierarchical method that was relati…

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Variant spelling of gofer.

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A person who runs errands, especially on a film set or in an office; a dogsbody.

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He had worked his way from a gofer in the front office to general manager

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A north american animal that lives in holes it makes in the ground

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