gopher turtle vs gopher

gopher turtle and gopher both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gopher turtle	Yes	No	No	No
gopher	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gopher turtle and gopher are synonyms defined as:

gopher turtle and gopher: burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

Other synonyms of gopher turtle include gopher tortoise, Gopherus polypemus.

gopher turtle (noun)	gopher (noun)
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America	burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
	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)