noun
small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
• Syn: ↑eastern chipmunk, ↑hackee, ↑ground squirrel, ↑Tamias striatus
• Hypernyms: ↑squirrel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tamias, ↑genus Tamias
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any squirrel with stripes on its back, as a chipmunk.
[1785-95]
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striped squirrel,
= chipmunk. (Cf. ↑chipmunk)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.