English Explanatory Dictionary

woodshock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The marten, or its pelt.
  2. The groundhog, or its pelt.

Word forms

woodshock woodshocks

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.

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