CHIPMUNK


Meaning of CHIPMUNK in English

/ ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk; NAmE / noun

a small N American animal of the squirrel family, with light and dark marks on its back

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Ojibwa (an Algonquian language).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.