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striped squirrel

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. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.]

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striped squirrel

n. small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches [syn: eastern chipmunk, hackee, ground squirrel, Tamias striatus]

Usage examples of "striped squirrel".

I am on the alert for the first signs of spring, to hear the chance note of some arriving bird, or the striped squirrel's chirp, for his stores must be now nearly exhausted, or see the woodchuck venture out of his winter quarters.