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woodchuck definition

☆ 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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