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chitmunk
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any one of several small striped rodents, resembling squirrels, of the family Sciuridae.
See: chipmunk
Quotations
1842
. . . the shrill whistling cry of the little striped squirrel, called by the natives "chitmunk," was every sound that broke the stillness of the wild.
1853
The chitmunck . . . or ground squirrel, is much smaller and more mischievous than any of the former species.