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woodchuck

n.
US //ˈwʊdˌtʃək// UK //wˈʊdtʃʌk// wood·chuck
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Origin

Borrowed from Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”), or a similar term in a related Algonquian language, subsequently reapplied to the groundhog. An earlier form of this word, woodshock, still sometimes designates the marten. Also a doublet of wejack.

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