noun
woodchuck
WUUD-chuhk
noun
1
A large North American ground squirrel, also called a groundhog, known for digging burrows.
"A woodchuck had dug a burrow right under the garden shed."
How to Use Woodchuck
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAnother common name for the groundhog, the burrowing rodent famous from Groundhog Day.
Word Forms
woodchucks plural
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Etymology
A reshaping of an Algonquian word (related to Cree and Ojibwe terms for "fisher," a different animal) that was later mistakenly attached to the groundhog because it sounded similar.