DCHP-2
woodshock < Algonk., alteration of Cree o(t)chāk DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a weasel-like fur-bearer, Martes pennanti.
See also: fisher wejack woodchuck
- 1719 (1965) Marginal note in another hand: "has sent 14 wooskocks but not castoreum."
- 1784 This animal inhabits Hudson's Bay . . . [where] they are called Wejacks and Woodshocks. . . .
- 1836 The skins of the pekan are called "woodshocks" at the Hudson's Bay Company's sales.
- 1869 The pekan, or woodshock . . . generally lives in burrows near the banks of rivers, as it principally feeds on the small quadrupeds that frequent the water.
- 1719 (1965) Marginal note in another hand: "has sent 14 wooskocks but not castoreum."