GROUNDHOG, GROUNDHOG DAY
NOUNS
► BEAR DAY Groundhog Day (the black bear looks for his shadow, not the groundhog) → 1932 Amer. dial.
► BULL-BEGGAR the woodchuck, the groundhog → 1969 Amer. dial.
► GOPHER a nickname for the groundhog or woodchuck → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOPHER RAT the groundhog or woodchuck → 1969 Amer. dial.
► GROUND CHUCK a groundhog → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HEDGEHOG a groundhog → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MONACK ► MOONACK a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog → 1666 Amer. dial.
► MONAX a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog → 1743 Amer. dial.
► MONK a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog → 1961 Amer. dial.
► MOO-NECK a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MOONOX a woodchuck, a marmot, a groundhog → 1805 Amer. dial.
► PIG a marmot; a groundhog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ROCKCHUCK a groundhog, a marmot → 1893 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER HOG a groundhog or woodchuck, esp. one designated to predict the weather on Groundhog Day → 1886 Amer. dial.
► WHISTLE HOG a marmot; the woodchuck; a groundhog → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WHISTLE-PIG a groundhog → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WHISTLER a marmot; a groundhog; the woodchuck → 1880 Amer. dial.
► WHISTLING PIG a marmot; the woodchuck; a groundhog → 1923 Amer. dial.