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woodchuck

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wood·chuck /ˈwʊdtʃʌk/ noun [countable]  a groundhog 土拨鼠
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woodchuckInsects, diseases, marauding deer and woodchucks.I could hear Kaptan whimper as he pushed the dead woodchuck frantically from him.I was Unca Donald and I had a new junior woodchuck.I gestured to the remaining woodchuck to crouch.
Origin woodchuck (1600-1700) Ojibwa otchig fisher, marten, or Cree otcheck; influenced by wood
wood·chuck nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a groundhog


woodchuck
woodchuck /ˈwʊdtʃʌk/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Ojibwa
 Origin: otchig 'fisher, marten', or Cree otcheck; influenced by wood
a groundhog


wood·chuckBrE /ˈwʊdtʃʌk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwʊdtʃʌk/ 🔊 (also ground·hog) nouna small N American animal of the squirrel family 美洲旱獭,美洲土拨鼠(北美洲松鼠科动物)