woodchuck

English - Turkish

Definition of woodchuck in English Turkish dictionary: dağ sıçanı; dağsıçanı; (isim) dağ sıçanı

English - English

Definition of woodchuck in English English dictionary: 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

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wood·chuck

wûdçʌk

/ˈwo͝odˌʧək/ /ˈwʊdˌʧʌk/

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

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