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''woodchuck'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260320113731-00-⌔
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woodchuck (plural woodchucks)
- (Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.
- ✤ Synonyms: groundhog, whistle pig, land-beaver, moonack
Etymology
Folk-etymological adaption of Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”), or a similar term in a related Algonquian language, subsequently reapplied to the groundhog.
An earlier form of this word, woodshock, still sometimes designates the marten. Also a doublet of wejack.
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