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moonacks

moonacks is the plural of moonack.

Meaning of moonack

Noun

moonack (plural moonacks)

  1. (US, Virginia, dated, possibly, Maryland) A woodchuck.
  2. (US, Virginia, dated, possibly, Maryland) A frightful mythical forest creature.
    • With close-shut eyes she listened to the steps of the devils and moonacks as they gradually went away from the house.1898, Alice Morse Earle, In old Narragansett: romances and realities, page 74

Questions about moonacks

What is moonacks the plural of?
Moonacks is the plural of moonack.

Words near moonacks in the dictionary

  1. moon-sickle
  2. moon-sickles
  3. moon-speak
  4. Moonachie
  5. moonack
  6. moonacks
  7. Moonah
  8. Moonambel
  9. Moonan Brook
  10. Moonan Flat
  11. moonaul

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