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ground-hog

ground-hog is the alternative form of groundhog.

Meaning of groundhog

Noun

groundhog (plural groundhogs)

  1. 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.2016 February 1, Lisa Rose, “Punxsutawney Phil: Friend or foe? A Groundhog Day investigation”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2016
  2. (rare) The aardvark.
  3. (uncommon) Synonym of groundlubber
    Synonyms:
    groundlubber

Forms of ground-hog

pluralground-hogs

Questions about ground-hog

What is ground-hog the alternative form of?
Ground-hog is the alternative form of groundhog.

Words near ground-hog in the dictionary

  1. ground-effect vehicle
  2. ground-effect vehicles
  3. ground-floor
  4. ground-floors
  5. ground-glass
  6. ground-hog
  7. ground-hogs
  8. ground-ivies
  9. ground-ivy
  10. ground-man
  11. ground-men

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