woodchuck

woodchuck

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), borrowed from 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/

Noun

woodchuck (plural woodchucks)

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

   Synonyms: groundhog, whistle pig, land-beaver, moonack

Translations

rodent of the family Sciuridae

Algonquin: akokodjìc Bulgarian: северноамерикански мармот m (severnoamerikanski marmot) Cherokee: ᎣᎦᏅ (oganv) Chinese: Mandarin: 美洲旱獺／美洲旱獭 (Měizhōu hàntǎ), 北美土撥鼠／北美土拨鼠 (Běiměi tǔbōshǔ) Czech: svišť lesní m Dutch: bosmarmot (nl) Finnish: metsämurmeli French: marmotte (d’Amérique) f German: Waldmurmeltier n Greek: αρκτόμυς m (arktómys), μαρμότα (el) f (marmóta) Hungarian: erdei mormota (hu) Italian: marmotta (it) f Lithuanian: miškinis švilpikas m Navajo: dlǫ́ʼátsoh Norwegian: Bokmål: skogmurmeldyr n Pennsylvania German: Grundsau Plautdietsch: Ieedhunt m Polish: świszcz (pl) m, świstak amerykański (pl) m Portuguese: marmota americana f Russian: суро́к (ru) m (surók) Spanish: marmota (americana) f Swedish: skogsmurmeldjur n Unami: munhake Welsh: twrlla m, twrlla llwyd m

Further reading

• woodchuck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia