Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pekan, fisher, or Pennant's marten, Mustela pennanti or M. canadensis, also called
black-cat and black-fox.
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- noun US, Canada, dialects, obsolete The
marten , or itspelt . - noun US, Canada, dialects, obsolete The
groundhog , or itspelt .
Etymologies
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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, indeed, derive from this form ("woodshock").
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