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Definition of: chipmunk
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(chip′mungk) noun
Any of various striped North American rodents of the squirrel family of terrestrial or burrowing habits; especially, the common Tamias striatus of the eastern United States and Canada, and the genus Eutamias of the West, having many subspecies: also called ground squirrel, striped squirrel. Also chip·muck (chip′muk), chipping squirrel. [<N. Am. Ind.]
(About 6 1/2 inches long; tail, 4 1/2 inches)
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