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☆ wood·chuck (-c̸huk′)
noun
any of several marmots of North America; esp., the common hibernating groundhog (Marmota monax) with coarse, red-brown fur
Etymology: altered by folk etym. < a S New England Algonquian name: cf. ? Narragansett ockqutchaun
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