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Definition of Tamias
1. Noun. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Sciuridae, Sciuridae
Member holonyms: Eastern Chipmunk, Ground Squirrel, Hackee, Striped Squirrel, Tamias Striatus
Definition of Tamias
1. n. A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.
Medical Definition of Tamias
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamias
Literary usage of Tamias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin by Charles Barney Cory (1912)
"In the dotted areas between the ranges given for the different races either or
both may occur, together with intermediate forms. tamias striatus ..."
2. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"8. tamias STRIATUS GRISEUS Mearns. Mearns, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, iii, 2, p.
231. Upper Mississippi Valley west of the Great Lakes. 9. tamias ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Length about 13 inches, of which the tail measures G. even more slender than that
of a true tamias, and contrasts strongly with the comparatively bluff ..."
4. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"The tamias greatly resemble the true Squirrels; but they have a shorter tail,
and are provided with cheek- pouches. Their life is not exclusively spent in ..."
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