groundhog
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈɡraʊndˌhɔɡ/
- US
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marmota
- The mountains of snow melted to make way for February when Pennsylvania's famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, didn't see his shadow.
- groundhog Phil
- groundhog sees his shadow
- Groundhog Day
It's outside of Wichita, which means there's nothing there but groundhogs, right?
- It's outside of Wichita, which means there's nothing there but groundhogs, right?
- It's just to keep out to the extent possible, the deer, the Groundhog, you know, all this kind of stuff.
- Pennsylvania Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil today saw his shadow, which in COVID times means six more weeks of February.
- Second, this Groundhog is almost never correct, ever.
- It's going to be like Groundhog's Day, and not just because McCarthy looks like a Groundhog so far.
Examples
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The crowd is waiting expectantly for the groundhog to appear.
Fiction book (1993) -
Pennsylvania Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil today saw his shadow, which in COVID times means six more weeks of February.
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Hey, did you see the groundhog this morning?
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You could see where the whiskers stuck out of the groundhog's nose, its hairless gray belly.
Fiction book (1997) -
Phil passes a pedestal bearing a life-size bronze statue of the groundhog and enters the public library.
Fiction book (1993) -
Last spring, I was excited to spot a groundhog emerging from its burrow in the backyard.
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Every February, millions of people watch to see if the groundhog will see its shadow.
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The groundhog is known for its burrowing habits and is often seen in fields and gardens.
Synonyms
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5.9
A small reddish-brown North American animal also called a groundhog that lives in holes in the ground
A large brown animal like a fat squirrel that lives in holes in the ground and hibernates
Compounds
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3.2
A day on February 2 when people watch a groundhog come out and guess if winter will last longer
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Groundhog is made of ground ('earth') and hog ('pig'), a simple name that pictures a pig-like animal living in the earth. That's why groundhog fits the burrowing rodent that people also call a woodchuck.