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Tamias

noun

chipmunks of eastern North America

• Syn: ↑genus Tamias

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuridae, ↑family Sciuridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑eastern chipmunk, ↑hackee, ↑striped squirrel, ↑ground squirrel, ↑Tamias striatus

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\\ˈtāmēəs, ˈtam-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, dispenser, steward; akin to Greek temnein to cut — more at tome

: a genus of ground squirrels comprising the chipmunks of eastern No. America and sometimes extended to include the western No. American and the Old World chipmunks commonly placed in Eutamias

Useful english dictionary. 2012.