The Clue
Tunneling rodents (7 letter answer)
The Answer
GOPHERS
Tags
Notes
The answer GOPHERS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Furry burrowers
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Definition
GOPHER as a noun:
1. (goffer, gopher) = a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
2. (Minnesotan, Gopher) = a native or resident of Minnesota
3. (ground squirrel, gopher, spermophile) = any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
4. (gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat) = burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
5. (gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, gopher, Gopherus polypemus) = burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America