chipmunk

noun chip·munk \ˈchip-ˌməŋk\

: a small North American animal that is related to the squirrel

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: any of a genus (Tamias) of small striped North American and Asian rodents of the squirrel family

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alteration of earlier chitmunk, probably from Ojibwa ačitamo·nʔ red squirrel

First Known Use: 1832

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noun chip·munk \ˈchip-ˌməŋk\

: a small striped animal related to the squirrel

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