'Pouched rat' definitions:
Definition of 'pouched rat'
(from WordNet)
noun
Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America [syn: gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat]
Definition of 'Pouched rat'
From: GCIDE
- Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zool.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels. [1913 Webster]
- Pouched dog. (Zool.) See Zebra wolf, under Zebra.
- Pouched frog (Zool.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage.
- Pouched gopher, or Pouched rat. (Zool.) See {Pocket gopher}, under Pocket.
- Pouched mouse. (Zool.) See Pocket mouse, under Pocket. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pouched rat'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States. [1913 Webster]
- Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]