North American marmot, type of North American burrowing rodent
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Woodchuck Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
(n.)
A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog.
woodchuck
\wood"chuck`\ (?), n.
1. (zo?l.) a common large north american marmot (arctomys monax). it is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. it makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. called also ground hog
2. (zo?l.) the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [prov. eng.]
woodchuck
n : reddish brown north american marmot [syn: groundhog, marmota monax ]
Noun
1. reddish brown North American marmot
(synonym) groundhog, Marmota monax
(hypernym) marmot
Woodchuck Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.Woodchuck Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, whistle-pig, or in some areas as a land-beaver, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Other marmots, such as the yellow-bellied and hoary marmots, live in rocky and mountainous areas, but the woodchuck is a lowland creature. It is widely distributed in North America and common in the northeastern and central United States. Groundhogs are found as far north as Alaska, with their habitat extending southeast to Alabama.
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