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noun
The marten, or its pelt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
The groundhog, or its pelt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, dialectal, obsolete
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History
From the same Cree term ocêk, otchek (“fisher, marten”) or Ojibwe term ojiig (“fisher, marten”) which was taken into English as wejack in reference to the marten and as woodchuck in erroneous reference to the groundhog. Woodchuck may derive from woodshock.
