| gopherus | (n) gopher tortoises, Syn. genus Gopherus |
| desert tortoise | (n) burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates, Syn. Gopherus agassizii |
| gopher tortoise | (n) burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America, Syn. Gopherus polypemus, gopher, gopher turtle |
| Gopherus | n. A genus comprising the gopher tortoises, North AMerican burrowing toroises. |