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Definition of Chipmunk
1. Noun. A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body.
Definition of Chipmunk
1. n. A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.
Definition of Chipmunk
1. Noun. A squirrel-like rodent of the genus ''Tamias'', native mainly to North America. ¹
2. Verb. To speed up an audio recording, especially a song, to make the voices high-pitched. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chipmunk
1. a small rodent [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chipmunk
Literary usage of Chipmunk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"CHAPTER VI STRIPED chipmunk AND HIS COUSINS OF course there could n't be a school in
... So it was not surprising that Striped chipmunk heard all about Old ..."
2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE chipmunk Teacher's Story 'HILE the chipmunk is a good runner and jumper, ...
A second glance showed me that it was a chipmunk lying close to the branch, ..."
3. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"vin THE chipmunk THE first chipmunk in March is as sure a token of the spring
... But the chipmunk retired from view early in December, and has passed the ..."
4. McFadden Language Series by Effie Belle McFadden (1915)
"A STORY TO TELL Be ready to tell the story of how the chipmunk got his stripes.
... How the chipmunk Got His Stripes Once upon a time the animals planned to ..."
5. The School Speaker and Reader by William De Witt Hyde (1900)
"THE first chipmunk in March is as sure a token of the spring as the first ...
But the chipmunk retired from view early in December, and has passed the ..."
6. The Traditions of the Hopi by Henry R. Voth (1905)
"The chipmunk relished the peaches, while the Squirrel preferred the kernels from
the stone. The chipmunk would climb the trees, break open the peaches, ..."
7. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1910)
"PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON A NEW chipmunk FROM COLORADO.
... In the spring of 1905 I collected a single specimen of a chipmunk at ..."
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