gopher
- n a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
- n a native or resident of Minnesota
- n any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
- n burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
- n burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
gopher snake
- n large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and Mexico
- n bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows
gopher tortoise
- n burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
gopher turtle
- n burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
gopherus agassizii
- n burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
gopherus polypemus
- n burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
gopherwood
- n small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
goral
- n small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains
gorbachev
- n Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)
gordian knot
- n any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms
- n an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia
gordie howe
- n Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928)