Woodchuck
/ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax. Northern-US
- 2 reddish brown North American marmot wordnet
Example
More examples"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
Etymology
Borrowed from Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), borrowed from 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.