groundhog

English

Etymology

ground + hog

Noun

Wikipedia groundhog (plural groundhogs)

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

Synonyms

• whistlepig
• woodchuck

Derived terms

• Groundhog Day, Groundhog's Day

Translations

red-brown marmot

• Algonquin: akokodjìc
• Cherokee: ᎣᎦᎾ (chr) (ogana)
• Czech: svišť lesní
• Finnish: metsämurmeli (fi)
• German: Waldmurmeltier n

• Greek: αρκτόμυς (el) (arktómys), μαρμότα (el) (marmóta)
• Italian: marmotta (it) f
• Navajo: dlǫ́ʼátsoh
• Polish: świszcz
• Russian: сурок (ru) (surok) m
• Spanish: marmota (es)