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groundling definition

ground·ling (gro̵und′liŋ)

noun

    1. a fish that lives close to the bottom of the water
    2. an animal that lives on or in the ground
    3. a plant that grows close to the ground
    1. in an Elizabethan theater, a person who watched the performance from cheap standing room in the pit
    2. a person lacking critical ability or taste

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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