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gopherlike

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Etymology

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From gopher +‎ -like.

Adjective

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gopherlike (comparative more gopherlike, superlative most gopherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gopher; in the manner of a gopher.
    • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 204:
      I was sharing with Mike and despite ours being slightly larger than some of the other cabins, the only way I could stand up was to leave the entrance hatch open, so that my head poked out, gopher-like, onto the deck.