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CHIPMUNK n.
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.]
CHIPPING SQUIRREL n.
See Chipmunk.
GROUND n.
mophilus, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher. (b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied t…
HACKEE n.
The chipmunk; also, the chickaree or red squirrel. [U.S.]
STRIPED a.
Mullet, 2. -- Striped snake (Zoöl.), the garter snake. -- Striped squirrel (Zoöl.), the chipmunk.
TAMIAS n.
A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.