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ROCKCHUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rockchuck mean?
• ROCKCHUCK (noun)
The noun ROCKCHUCK has 1 sense:
1. heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America
Familiarity information: ROCKCHUCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Marmota flaviventris; rockchuck; yellowbelly marmot
Hypernyms ("rockchuck" is a kind of...):
marmot (stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter)
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