gopher vs Arctic ground squirrel

Arctic ground squirrel vs gopher

gopher and Arctic ground squirrel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gopher	Yes	No	No	No
Arctic ground squirrel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Arctic ground squirrel is a hyponym of gopher; that is, Arctic ground squirrel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gopher:

gopher: any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
Arctic ground squirrel: large ground squirrel of the North American far north

Other hyponyms of gopher include antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, Citellus leucurus, whitetail antelope squirrel, Citellus lateralis, mantled ground squirrel, Citellus citellus, souslik, suslik, Citellus richardsoni, flickertail, Richardson ground squirrel, Citellus variegatus, rock squirrel, Citellus parryi, parka squirrel.

gopher (noun)	Arctic ground squirrel (noun)
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America	large ground squirrel of the North American far north
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

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