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woodshock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wood-shock
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The marten, or its pelt.

Canadian usage; American usage; Obsolete

noun

The groundhog, or its pelt.

Canadian usage; American usage; Obsolete

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

woodshocks (plural)

Questions

What does woodshock mean?
The marten, or its pelt.
Where does woodshock come from?
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.

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