woodchuck

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax. Northern-US

词形变化

woodchucks plural

词源

Folk-etymological adaption of 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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