Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WOOD-CHUK
WOOD-CHUK, n. [wood and Persian chuk, a hog. See Chuk.]
In New England, the popular name of a rodent mammal, a species of the Marmot tribe of animals, the Arctomys monax. The ground hog. It burrows and is dormant in winter.
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