Definition of woodchuck
: a grizzled thickset marmot (Marmota monax) chiefly of Alaska, Canada, and the northeastern U.S. —called also groundhog
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The problem is that eagles and other scavengers eat the guts of deer or the carcasses of coyotes, woodchucks and other game shot by hunters.
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Assembly Bill 323 would allow the hunting and trapping of woodchucks, also known as groundhogs.
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With apologies to woodchucks everywhere: How many San Diego summer concerts can a concertgoer go to if a San Diego concertgoer can go to an unlimited number of summer concerts?
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There are eggs in a nest, frogs, a tadpole, deer and lambs and a whole woodchuck family.
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A deer, rabbit, wolf, rabbit and woodchuck also get a turn.
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Origin and Etymology of woodchuck
by folk etymology from a word of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett ockqutchaun woodchuck
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playDefinition of woodchuck for English Language Learners
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: a small, furry North American animal that lives in the ground
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