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Definition of Chickaree
1. n. The American red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.
Definition of Chickaree
1. Noun. A small squirrel, ''Tamiasciurus douglasi'', that lives in evergreen forests of northwest United States ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chickaree
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chickaree
Literary usage of Chickaree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1904)
"The proper name of the Redwood chickaree. In the Proceedings of the Biological
Society of Washington (Vol. XI, pp. 281-282, December 30, 1897), ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"If I had my rifle, I'd knock tbe spots off that check coat of his'n; I'd larn
him to chickaree old Venison.' Tbis squirrel, very common in some of the ..."
3. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1872)
"Travellers tell us that they find the sprightly chickaree in Labrador, ...
Every morning chickaree would be out by sunrise, busy as a type-setter. ..."
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