groundhog

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/ˈɡɹaʊndhɒɡ/

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/ˈɡɹaʊndhɒɡ/ · /ˈɡɹaʊn(d)ˌ(h)ɔɡ/ · /-ˌ(h)ɑɡ/

Definition of groundhog

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noun

A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.

“In 1909, local newspapers reported that the governor of Pennsylvania attended the group’s annual feast and 400 groundhogs were served to 400 guests.”
“Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840.”

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noun

A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.

“In 1909, local newspapers reported that the governor of Pennsylvania attended the group’s annual feast and 400 groundhogs were served to 400 guests.”
“Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840.”
(rare)The aardvark.
(uncommon)Synonym of groundlubber

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From ground + hog.

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