woodchuck

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A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Scientific name: Marmota monax

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? — popular tongue-twister.

{n} an animal of the marmot tribe
A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax)
It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray
{i} North American marmot, type of North American burrowing rodent
The yaffle, or green woodpecker
It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops
a groundhog (otchig , or otcheck; influenced by wood). or groundhog Reddish brown or brown species (Marmota monax) of solitary marmot inhabiting fields and forest edges in Alaska, Canada, and the eastern and central U.S. Woodchucks are 17-20 in. (42-52 cm) long, have a 4-6-in. (10-15-cm) tail, and weigh 4-14 lbs (2-6 kg). They are good diggers, swimmers, and climbers. Their burrows have a main entrance and an escape tunnel. See also Groundhog Day
Called also ground hog
reddish brown North American marmot
woodchucks
plural of woodchuck
woodchuck

    Hyphenation

    wood·chuck

    Turkish pronunciation

    wûdçʌk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈwo͝odˌʧək/ /ˈwʊdˌʧʌk/

    Etymology

    [ -"ch&k ] (noun.) 1674. By alteration of Cree otchek or Ojibwe ojiig (fisher, marten), subsequently redefined as groundhog.
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