- chipmunk [genus Tamias]
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chipmunk [genus Tamias]
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genus Tamias — noun chipmunks of eastern North America • Syn: ↑Tamias • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuridae, ↑family Sciuridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Chipmunk — For other uses, see Chipmunk (disambiguation). Chipmunks Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent Least chipmunk Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Chipmunk — Chip munk , n. [Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) A squirrel like animal of the genus {Tamias}, sometimes called the {striped squirrel}, {chipping squirrel}, {ground squirrel}, {hackee}. The common species of the United States is the {Tamias striatus}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tamias striatus — Chipmunk Chip munk , n. [Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) A squirrel like animal of the genus {Tamias}, sometimes called the {striped squirrel}, {chipping squirrel}, {ground squirrel}, {hackee}. The common species of the United States is the {Tamias… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tamias — noun chipmunks of eastern North America • Syn: ↑genus Tamias • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuridae, ↑family Sciuridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tamias striatus — noun small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches • Syn: ↑eastern chipmunk, ↑hackee, ↑striped squirrel, ↑ground squirrel • Hypernyms: ↑squirrel • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
chipmunk — /ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk / (say chipmungk) noun 1. any of various small striped terrestrial squirrels of the North American genus Tamias, and the Asian and American genus Eutamias, especially T. striatus of eastern North America. –verb (t) 2. to process (an… …
chipmunk — noun Etymology: alteration of earlier chitmunk, probably from Ojibwa ačitamo•nʔ red squirrel Date: 1832 any of a genus (Tamias) of small striped North American and Asian rodents of the squirrel family … New Collegiate Dictionary
chipmunk — noun A squirrel like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America. Syn: ground squirrel, striped squirrel … Wiktionary
chipmunk — noun a burrowing ground squirrel with cheek pouches and light and dark stripes running down the body, found in North America and northern Eurasia. [Genus Tamias: many species.] Origin C19: from Ojibwa … English new terms dictionary
chipmunk — n. any ground squirrel of the genus Tamias or Eutamias, having alternate light and dark stripes running down the body. Etymology: Algonquian … Useful english dictionary
