Found 2 items, similar to Groundhog.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: groundhog
groundhog
n : reddish brown North American marmot [syn:
woodchuck,
Marmota monax
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: groundhog
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]
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. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), a ground squirrel or
spermophile.
Prairie marmot. See
Prairie dog.
[1913 Webster]