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for Tamias striatus
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
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.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Tamias striatus
n 1: small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel
with cheek pouches [syn: eastern chipmunk, hackee,
striped squirrel, ground squirrel, Tamias striatus]
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