gopher turtle gopher tortoise • gopherus · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · gopher turtle · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America. Synonyms: gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, gopher, Gopherus polypemus. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · gopher tortoise · · Synonym 1 gopher · · Synonym 2 gopherus polypemus · · Synonym 3 Characters · · space U+0020 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075