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woodchuck

/ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/

woodchuck noun: a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

woodchuck: a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as...
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Noun

woodchuck (plural woodchucks)

  1. (Northern-US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

Synonyms of woodchuck

Forms of woodchuck

pluralwoodchucks

Origin of woodchuck

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.

Questions about woodchuck

What does woodchuck mean?
Woodchuck means a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.
What part of speech is woodchuck?
Woodchuck is a noun.
How do you pronounce woodchuck?
Woodchuck is pronounced /ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/.
What is the plural of woodchuck?
The plural of woodchuck is woodchucks.

Words near woodchuck in the dictionary

  1. woodchopped
  2. woodchopper
  3. woodchoppers
  4. woodchopping
  5. woodchops
  6. woodchuck
  7. woodchucks
  8. Woodchurch
  9. Woodcliff Lake
  10. woodcock
  11. woodcocks

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