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woodshock

woodshock noun: the marten, or its pelt.

Noun

woodshock (plural woodshocks)

  1. (Canada, US, dialectal, obsolete) The marten, or its pelt.
  2. (Canada, US, dialectal, obsolete) The groundhog, or its pelt.

Forms of woodshock

pluralwoodshocks

Origin of woodshock

From the same Cree term ocêk, otchek (“fisher, marten”) or Ojibwe term ojiig (“fisher, marten”) which was taken into English as wejack in reference to the marten and as woodchuck in erroneous reference to the groundhog. Woodchuck may derive from woodshock.

Questions about woodshock

What does woodshock mean?
Woodshock means the marten, or its pelt.
What part of speech is woodshock?
Woodshock is a noun.
What is the plural of woodshock?
The plural of woodshock is woodshocks.

Words near woodshock in the dictionary

  1. woodsheds
  2. woodshifter
  3. woodshifters
  4. woodship
  5. woodships
  6. woodshock
  7. woodshocks
  8. woodshop
  9. woodshops
  10. woodshrike
  11. woodshrikes

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