CHIPMUNK


Meaning of CHIPMUNK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchip-ˌməŋk ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of earlier chitmunk, probably from Ojibwa ačitamo·nʔ red squirrel

Date: 1832

: any of a genus ( Tamias ) of small striped North American and Asian rodents of the squirrel family

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