woodchuck
noun/ˈwʊdtʃʌk/
/ˈwʊdtʃʌk/
(also groundhog)
- a small North American animal of the squirrel familyTopics Animalsc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: alteration (by association with wood) of an American Indian name; compare with Cree wuchak, otchock.
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