woodshock

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#1·4h ago

(US, Canada, dialects, obsolete) The marten, or its pelt.

Origin: From the same term fisher, marten or term fisher, marten which was taken into English as in reference to the marten and as in erroneous reference to the groundhog. Woodchuck may derive from woodshock. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(US, Canada, dialects, obsolete) The groundhog, or its pelt.

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