Main Entry: wood·chuck

Pronunciation: \-ˌchək\

Function: noun

Etymology: by folk etymology from a word of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett ockqutchaun woodchuck

Date: 1674

: a grizzled thickset marmot (Marmota monax) chiefly of Alaska, Canada, and the northeastern United States —called also groundhog