different between moonack vs woodchuck

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Unami munhake, from a root meaning "to dig".

Noun

moonack (plural moonacks)

1. (US, Maryland, Virginia, possibly dated) A woodchuck.
2. (US, Maryland, Virginia, possibly dated) A frightful mythical forest creature.
   • 1898, Alice Morse Earle, In old Narragansett: romances and realities, page 74:

     With close-shut eyes she listened to the steps of the devils and moonacks as they gradually went away from the house.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), borrowed from Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”), or a similar term in a related Algonquian language, subsequently reapplied to the groundhog.

An earlier form of this word, woodshock, still sometimes designated the marten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?d.t??k/

Noun

woodchuck (plural woodchucks)

1. A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

   Synonyms: groundhog, whistle pig, land-beaver, moonack

Translations

Further reading

• woodchuck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia