moonack

noun — 2 senses

moonack

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Unami munhake, from a root meaning "to dig".

1

US, Virginia, Dated, Possibly A woodchuck.

2

US, Virginia, Dated, Possibly A frightful mythical forest creature.

With close-shut eyes she listened to the steps of the devils and moonacks as they gradually went away from the house.1898, Alice Morse Earle, In old Narragansett: romances and realities, page 74:

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