An American dialectal term for a woodchuck (Marmota monax), also known as a groundhog. Typically used in regional American dialects, particularly in rural areas of the eastern United States. The comparison to a beaver references the woodchuck's stocky, burrowing nature, though woodchucks and beavers are unrelated species. The term is informal and dialectal, not widely known outside specific regional pockets, and rarely encountered in modern speech.
Dad called it a land-beaver, though everyone else in town called it a groundhog.
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(US, dialectal) A woodchuck.
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