leopard marmot

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leopard marmot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See
     Gauffer.] (Zool.)
     1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
        genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family
        Geomyid[ae]; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched  rat
        . See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
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     Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to
           many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the
           earth.
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     2. One of several western American species of the genus
        Spermophilus, of the family Sciurid[ae]; as, the gray
        gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher
        (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie  squirrel
        , leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile.
        See Spermophile.
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     3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern
        United States, which makes extensive burrows.
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     4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the
        Southern United States.
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     Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,
        following or seeking the ore without regard to regular
        grade or section. --Raymond.
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  Leopard \Leop"ard\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd), n. [OE. leopart, leparde,
     lebarde, libbard, OF. leopard, liepart, F. l['e]opard, L.
     leopardus, fr. Gr. leo`pardos; le`wn lion + pa`rdos pard. See
     Lion, and Pard.] (Zool.)
     A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It
     is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters
     of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in
     Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus
     ) is regarded as a variety of leopard.
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     Hunting leopard. See Cheetah. 
  
     Leopard cat (Zool.) any one of several species or varieties
        of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern Asia, and
        the East Indies; esp., Felis Bengalensis.
  
     Leopard marmot. See Gopher, 2.
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