4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: groundhog \ground"hog`\, ground hog \ground" hog`\ (ground"h[o^]g`), n. A reddish brown North American burrowing marmot ({Marmota monax}), also called the {woodchuck}. It hibernates in the winter. Syn: woodchuck, {Marmota monax}. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: marmot \mar"mot\ (m[aum]r"m[o^]t; 277), n. [It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus montanus, or mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See {Mountain}, and {Mouse}.] 1. (Zool.) Any rodent of the genus {Marmota} (formerly {Arctomys}) of the subfamily Sciurinae. The common European marmot ({Marmota marmotta}) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The {bobac} is another European species. The common American species ({Marmota monax}) is the {woodchuck} (also called {groundhog}), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus {Spermophilus}; also, the prairie dog. [1913 Webster] {Marmot squirrel} (Zool.), a ground squirrel or spermophile. {Prairie marmot}. See {Prairie dog}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: groundhog n : reddish brown North American marmot [syn: {woodchuck}, {Marmota monax}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 40 Moby Thesaurus words for "groundhog": Cape polecat, ape, bar, bear, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon, digger, dredge, dredger, driller, excavator, ferret, foumart, glutton, guinea pig, hedgehog, miner, monk, monkey, mousehound, navvy, opossum, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, quill pig, raccoon, sandhog, sapper, skunk, steam shovel, tunneler, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
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