chipmunk

chipmunk
noun Etymology: alteration of earlier chitmunk, probably from Ojibwa ačitamo•nʔ red squirrel Date: 1832 any of a genus (Tamias) of small striped North American and Asian rodents of the squirrel family

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  • Chipmunk — Chartplatzierungen (vorläufig) Vorlage:Infobox Chartplatzierungen/Wartung/vorläufige Chartplatzierung Erklärung der Daten Alben …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Chipmunk — Chip munk , n. [Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chipmunk — ● chipmunk nom masculin Écureuil terrestre d Amérique du Nord, au pelage rayé dorsalement en longueur …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • chipmunk — 1829 (also chitmunk, 1832), from Algonquian, probably Ojibwa ajidamoo (in the Ottawa dialect ajidamoonh) red squirrel, lit. one who descends trees headlong (containing ajid upside down ), probably influenced by English CHIP (Cf. chip) and MINK… …   Etymology dictionary

  • chipmunk — ► NOUN ▪ a burrowing ground squirrel with light and dark stripes running down the body. ORIGIN Ojibwa (an American Indian language) …   English terms dictionary

  • chipmunk — [chip′muŋk΄] n. [of Algonquian orig.] any of two genera (Eutamias and Tamias) of small North American squirrels having striped markings on the head and back and living mainly on the ground …   English World dictionary

  • Chipmunk — For other uses, see Chipmunk (disambiguation). Chipmunks Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent Least chipmunk Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • chipmunk — /chip mungk/, n. any of several small, striped, terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias, of North America, and Eutamia, of Asia and North America, esp. T. striatus, of eastern North America. [1825 35, Amer.; assimilated var. of earlier… …   Universalium

  • Chipmunk —  Pour l article sur le rongeur Chipmunk, voir Tamia.  Chipmunk est un moteur physique 2D libre. Son nom est la traduction anglaise du Tamia. Cette bibliothèque est adaptée aux langages C, C++, Ruby. Des tierces personnes l ont également …   Wikipédia en Français

  • chipmunk — UK [ˈtʃɪpˌmʌŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms chipmunk : singular chipmunk plural chipmunks a small furry Asian and North American animal with a long tail and bands of darker colour on its back …   English dictionary

  • chipmunk — noun Chipmunk is used before these nouns: ↑cheek …   Collocations dictionary

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