woodchuck

IPA: wˈʊdtʃʌk

(Northeastern US, Upper Midwestern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

Examples of "woodchuck" in Sentences

The woodchuck is the true serf among our animals; he belongs to the soil, and savors of it.
Before we get started, allow me to set the record straight: A groundhog is also known as a woodchuck, but it's not a beaver.
The name woodchuck comes from the Indian legend of "Wojak, the groundhog" considered by them to be their ancestral grandfather.
The woodchuck is a nuisance to the farmer, covering his field with loads of subsoil from the burrow and then eating the tender sprouts; and the farmer does not know enough to eat his tender corpse, but he is good to eat.