moonack

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noun

A woodchuck.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounmoonack (plural moonacks)

plural moonacks

  1. USVirginiadatedpossiblyMarylandA woodchuck.
  2. USVirginiadatedpossiblyMarylandA frightful mythical forest creature.

    With close-shut eyes she listened to the steps of the devils and moonacks as they gradually went away from the house.

    1898, Alice Morse Earle, In old Narragansett: romances and realities, page 74

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Origin

  1. Unamimunhake
  2. Englishmoonack

Borrowed from Unami munhake, from a root meaning "to dig".

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APA

moonack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonack

MLA

“moonack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moonack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonack.

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