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Definition of woodchucks in English English dictionary: plural of woodchuck
woodchuck: {n} an animal of the marmot tribe
woodchuck: A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax)
woodchuck: It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray
woodchuck: {i} North American marmot, type of North American burrowing rodent
woodchuck: The yaffle, or green woodpecker
woodchuck: A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Scientific name: Marmota monax
woodchuck: It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops
woodchuck: 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
woodchuck: Called also ground hog
woodchuck: reddish brown North American marmot

woodchucks

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[ -"ch&k ] (noun.) 1674. by folk etymology from a word of Algonquian origin; akin to Narraganset ockqutchaun woodchuck.

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