PIKA


Meaning of PIKA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpē-kə, ˈpī- ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from Evenki (Tungusic language of Siberia)

Date: 1827

: any of various short-eared small lagomorph mammals (family Ochotonidae) of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America with relatively short hind legs — called also coney, rock rabbit

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.