gopher

noun

1. A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
2. A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
3. A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
4. A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
5. A Golang programmer.
6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of gofer.

   “Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and Gas, so he sends an executive gopher named MacIntyre (because that sounds Scottish, yeah – played by Peter Riegert) to close the deal and get the pipeline pencilled in.”

name

1. (Internet, historical)An Internet protocol for document search and retrieval.