woodchuck
/ˈwʊdtʃʌk
/noun
A North American marmot with a heavy body and short legs.
- Marmota monax, family Sciuridae.
- Squirrels range in size from the mouse-sized African pygmy squirrel to the robust marmots and woodchucks (genus Marmota).
- Unlike other marmots, woodchucks don't live in big colonies underground.
Origin
Late 17th century: alteration (by association with wood) of an American Indian name; compare with Cree wuchak, otchock.
- whole shift
- whole silk
- wholesome
- wholesomely
- wholesomeness
- Homerican
- Homeric catalog
- Homeric catalogue
- Homeric epithet
- Homeric laugh
- Homeric laughter
- Homeric question
- Homerid
- Homerise
- Homerist
- Homerite
- Homeritic
- Homerize
- Homerologist
- Homerology
- homeroom
- home row
- Homer sometimes nods
- home rule
- home-ruled