wood‧chuck/ˈwʊdtʃʌk/ noun[COUNTABLE] [date : 1600-1700; Language : Ojibwa; Origin : otchig 'fisher, marten', or Cree otcheck; influenced by wood] a groundhog
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I could hear Kaptan whimper as he pushed the dead woodchuck frantically from him. ▪ I gestured to the remaining woodchuck to crouch. ▪ I was Unca Donald and I had a new junior woodchuck. ▪ Insects, diseases, marauding deer and woodchucks.