woodchuck

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
26
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/

Definition of woodchuck

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from 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.

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