GROUND HOG
\ɡɹˈa͡ʊnd hˈɒɡ], \ɡɹˈaʊnd hˈɒɡ], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈaʊ_n_d h_ˈɒ_ɡ]\
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The popular name of the American rodent, Arctomys monax, or marmot, usually called in New England WOODCHUCK: a name applied to the Orycteropus capensis, a South African edentate quadruped which burrows in the ground so called from its bearing a general resemblance to a small, short-legged pig.
By Daniel Lyons
