Definition of Striped squirrel

1. Noun. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.

Exact synonyms: Eastern Chipmunk, Ground Squirrel, Hackee, Tamias Striatus
Generic synonyms: Squirrel
Group relationships: Genus Tamias, Tamias

Lexicographical Neighbors of Striped Squirrel

striped coral root
striped dogwood
striped drum
striped field mouse
striped gentian
striped hyena
striped killifish
striped maple
striped marlin
striped muishond
striped mullet
striped racer
striped shield bug
striped shield bugs
striped skunk
striped squirrel (current term)
striped violet
stripedness
stripeless
stripelike
striper
stripers
stripes
stripewise
stripey
stripier
stripiest
stripiness
striping
stripings

Literary usage of Striped squirrel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... striped squirrel, but I see no reason to retain this name, as it is not peculiar to Travancore, but was first found in Ceylon by Mr. E. Layard, ..."

2. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1869)
"SONG OF THE striped squirrel. i. I'M the merriest creature in leaf-land, My life is so happy and free! The harlequin I of the green wood! ..."

3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Striped Jungle Squirrel of Ceylon and Peninsula of India. Sciurus Layard i, Blyth. Travancore striped squirrel, of Ceylon, ..."

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