moonack
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Unami munhake, from a root meaning "to dig".
Noun edit
moonack (plural moonacks)
- (US, Maryland, Virginia, possibly dated) A woodchuck.
- (US, Maryland, Virginia, possibly dated) A frightful mythical forest creature.
- 1898, Alice Morse Earle, In old Narragansett: romances and realities, page 74:
- With close-shut eyes she listened to the steps of the devils and moonacks as they gradually went away from the house.