In New England, the popular name of a rodent mammal, a species of the marmot tribe of animals, the Arctomys monax. The ground hog. It burrows and is dormant in winter.--Webster.
Yea, verily, this is like a woodchuck in clover.--Margaret, p. 48.
·noun The yaffle, or green woodpecker. II. Woodchuck ·noun A common large North American marmot (Ar...
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