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Webster 1913 Edition
Chipmunk
Chip′munkˊ
,Noun.
[Indian name.]
(Zool.)
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
. [Written also
chipmonk
, chipmuck
, and chipmuk
.]