thomomys talpoides

1. 1.

   greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States

   Synonymsnorthern pocket gopher

   Broadergopher

   Part ofThomomys

Questions about thomomys talpoides

What does thomomys talpoides mean?

thomomys talpoides means "greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States".

What is another word for thomomys talpoides?

Close synonyms include northern pocket gopher. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thomomys talpoides a common word?

thomomys talpoides is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.