Meanings
plural woodchucks
- Northern USA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.
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Origin
- Algonquian
- Ojibweojiig“fisher, marten”
- Creeocêk, otchek“fisher”
- Englishwoodchuck
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.
More words from Cree, Ojibwe, Algonquian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian северноамерика́нски мармо́т
- северноамерика́нски мармо́т (severnoamerikánski marmót)rodent of the family Sciuridae
Catalan marmota canadenca
- marmota canadencarodent of the family Sciuridae
Chinese Mandarin 美洲旱獺 /美洲旱獭, 北美土撥鼠 /北美土拨鼠
- 美洲旱獺 /美洲旱獭 (Měizhōu hàntǎ)rodent of the family Sciuridae
- 北美土撥鼠 /北美土拨鼠 (Běiměi tǔbōshǔ)rodent of the family Sciuridae
Czech svišť lesní
- svišť lesnírodent of the family Sciuridae
Danish skovmurmeldyr
- skovmurmeldyrrodent of the family Sciuridae
Dutch bosmarmot
- bosmarmotrodent of the family Sciuridae
Finnish metsämurmeli
- metsämurmelirodent of the family Sciuridae
French marmotte (d’Amérique), siffleux
- marmotte (d’Amérique)rodent of the family Sciuridae
- siffleuxrodent of the family Sciuridae
German Waldmurmeltier
- Waldmurmeltierrodent of the family Sciuridae
Greek αρκτόμυς, μαρμότα
- αρκτόμυς (arktómys)rodent of the family Sciuridae
- μαρμότα (marmóta)rodent of the family Sciuridae
Hungarian erdei mormota
- erdei mormotarodent of the family Sciuridae
Italian marmotta
- marmottarodent of the family Sciuridae
Japanese ウッドチャック
- ウッドチャックrodent of the family Sciuridae
Lithuanian miškinis švilpikas
- miškinis švilpikasrodent of the family Sciuridae
Norwegian Bokmål skogmurmeldyr
- skogmurmeldyrrodent of the family Sciuridae
Polish świszcz, świstak amerykański
- świszczrodent of the family Sciuridae
- świstak amerykańskirodent of the family Sciuridae
Portuguese marmota americana
- marmota americanarodent of the family Sciuridae
Russian суро́к
- суро́к (surók)rodent of the family Sciuridae
Spanish marmota (americana)
- marmota (americana)rodent of the family Sciuridae
Swedish skogsmurmeldjur
- skogsmurmeldjurrodent of the family Sciuridae
Turkish dağ sıçanı
- dağ sıçanırodent of the family Sciuridae
Welsh twrlla, twrlla llwyd
- twrllarodent of the family Sciuridae
- twrlla llwydrodent of the family Sciuridae
Cite this entry
woodchuck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchuck
“woodchuck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchuck. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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