gopher UK /ˈɡəʊfə/US /ˈɡoʊfɚ/ noun5 •A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers). •A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.). •A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.). •(slang) A Go programmer.I'm not at all advocating for any Gophers to switch to Haskell—there are far too many reasons to keep coding and deploying Go solutions to address here. — 2017 •A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus). formsGophers · gophers