The difference between Ground squirrel and Groundhog

When used as nouns, ground squirrel means any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs), whereas groundhog means a red-brown marmot, , native to north america.


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  1. Ground squirrel as a noun:

    Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).

  2. Ground squirrel as a noun:

    Any of the squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribes Marmotini and .

  3. Ground squirrel as a noun:

  1. Groundhog as a noun:

    A red-brown marmot, , native to North America.

  2. Groundhog as a noun (rare):

    The aardvark.