woodchuck
[ woo d-chuhk ]
/ ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk /
noun
a stocky North American burrowing rodent, Marmota monax, that hibernates in the winter.
Origin of woodchuck
1665–75,
Americanism; presumably a reshaping by folk etymology of a word in a Southern New England Algonquian language; compare Narragansett (E spelling)
ockqutchaun woodchuck
Words nearby woodchuck
woodchat,
woodchip,
woodchipper,
woodchop,
woodchopper,
woodchuck,
woodcock,
woodcraft,
woodcrafter,
woodcraftsman,
woodcreeper
Example sentences from the Web for woodchuck
British Dictionary definitions for woodchuck
woodchuck
/ (ˈwʊdˌtʃʌk) /
noun
a North American marmot, Marmota monax, having coarse reddish-brown fur
Also called: groundhog
Word Origin for woodchuck
C17: by folk etymology from Cree
otcheck fisher, marten