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Definition of woodchuck noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

woodchuck

noun
 
/ˈwʊdtʃʌk/
 
/ˈwʊdtʃʌk/
(also groundhog)
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  1. a small North American animal of the squirrel familyTopics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: alteration (by association with wood) of an American Indian name; compare with Cree wuchak, otchock.
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