dactyl
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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dactyl †date (fruit); (pros.) the foot — ‿‿. XIV. — L.
dactylus — Gr.
dáktulos finger, date, dactyl.
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dactylic XVI.
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Woody the Woodchuck Campaigns to Rename Groundhog Day to Woodchuck Day; Woodchuck Draft Cider Mascot Aims to Educate the Public About the Often Overlooked Woodchuck.
Business Wire; 1/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...media event - ever since. "Woodchuck Draft Ciders fully supports...Porter, vice president of Woodchuck Draft Cider. "Woodchucks are often overlooked when...taking a stand to represent the woodchuck community. He is an outstanding...
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The Truth about WOODCHUCKS.
Magazine article from: Animals; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...purpose' of woodchucks." To Wiberg, the woodchuck, like the...disappear and woodchucks, just coincidentally...rounder. But the woodchuck is on his own...the war on woodchucks continues...rehabilitate the woodchuck's reputation...
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WOODCHUCKS DON'T CHUCK WOOD
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 9/3/1994; 633 words
; ...claws aid the woodchuck digging. It's difficult to find a woodchuck burrow, unless...entrance hole. Woodchucks conceal their holes...or cheek from a woodchuck's sharp teeth and powerful jaws. Woodchucks mate in early spring...
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Frantic Homeowners Fear Woodchucks Will Devour Gardens
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...the amount of woodchuck calls than last...habitats for woodchucks. Raised decks...technique." No more woodchucks: The best way to woodchuck-proof your...yard provides woodchuck habitat, you will have woodchucks. Studies show...
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Burrow into facts to deter woodchucks.(House-Home)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/21/2006; 700+ words
; ...FACTBOX} Woodchuck would - Woodchucks are found throughout...Indians used woodchuck hides for the...roly-poly woodchucks are cute to...around, so the woodchuck doesn't get...same place. "Woodchucks are not intelligent...
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Woodchuck Draft Cider to Showcase at This Year's TASTE OF BOSTON Festival.
Business Wire; 9/27/2002; 549 words
; ...Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2002 "Woody" the Woodchuck, games and product samples to be featured at the Woodchuck Tent Woodchuck Draft Cider, a subsidiary of Bulmer's America, will be featuring its draft...
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Does anyone love the woodchuck?
Magazine article from: National Wildlife; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...it seriously. The woodchuck was put in protective...been a slow news day. Woodchucks, of course, can...winter den beckons, a woodchuck will eat anything that...And when several woodchucks inhabit an alfalfa...loss. However, the woodchuck-in-the-orchard...
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On The Protest Line with Woodchuck, Responsibility Man and Obvious Man. Seventh and Pine, Downtown Seattle. Nov. 30, 1999
Newspaper article from: International Examiner; 1/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...18-2000 On The Protest Line with Woodchuck, Responsibility Man and Obvious Man...Seattle. Nov. 30, 1999 His full name is Woodchuck the Gray Squirrel, and like most su...This is what happens when you cross a woodchuck with a gray squirrel," he said with...
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Interferon/DNA Vaccine Provides Protection In Woodchuck Model.
Newspaper article from: Hepatitis Weekly; 7/9/2001; 700+ words
; ...antigen (pWHcIm) and woodchuck gamma interferon...inoculated several woodchucks with the DNA vaccine...carrying plasmids for woodchuck gamma interferon and woodchuck hepatitis virus core antigen protect woodchucks against viral challenge...
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... PICK YOUR GARDEN CLEAN IF IT COULD WOODCHUCK WOULD.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/8/1989; 700+ words
; ...and find a chubby woodchuck nibbling at your beans. Woodchucks - aka ground...opportunity to observe woodchucks at close range...time - the Cornell woodchuck population is in...nice." Generally woodchucks are placid, peaceable...
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woodchuck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
woodchuck or groundhog, common name of a North American species of marmot , Marmota...shadow; thus, a sunny Feb. 2 supposedly means six more weeks of winter. Woodchucks are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia...
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Groundhog
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Groundhog The groundhog or woodchuck ( Marmota monax ) is a husky...improving their burrows and dens. Woodchucks dig their burrow complexes...folk myth holds that if a woodchuck comes out of its burrow on...that day is cloudy and the woodchuck does not see its shadow...
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Marmots
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Europe, and Asia. The woodchuck or groundhog of North America...most North Americans is the woodchuck or groundhog ( Marmota monax...of cultivated fields. The woodchuck is a relatively large, reddish...kg) in the late autumn. Woodchucks dig their burrow complexes...
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Hibernation
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...only in small mammals, such as bats and woodchucks, and a few birds, such as poorwills...store energy internally, as fat. A woodchuck in early summer may have only about 5...to eat constantly. As a result, the woodchuck's body fat increases to about 15 percent...
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Rake, Jody 1961-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...Sources PERIODICALS Booklist, January 1, 2003, Stephanie Zvirin, review of Groundhogs: Woodchuck, Marmots, and Whistle Pigs, p. 900. School Library Journal, April, 2003, Susan Oliver, review of Woodchucks, Marmots, and W
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