Definition of Chipmonk
Chip"munk` (?), n. [Indian name.]
(Zoöl.) 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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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