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chipmunk definition

chip·munk (c̸hip′muŋk′)

noun

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

Etymology: of Algonquian orig.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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