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woodshock
< Algonk., alteration of Cree o(t)chāk
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a weasel-like fur-bearer, Martes pennanti.
Quotations
1719
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.