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Chipmunk

noun
(Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk)
1.
A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body.



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"Chipmunk" Quotes from Famous Books



... The battle had been a sharp one, and many soldiers of both armies lay dead on the ground below the tree. But the chipmunks had won the victory, and now made their way along the branches towards Weeng. Their leader, a large, bold-looking chipmunk, made a fierce rush at Weeng, and almost touched him. But just as he did so, with a noiseless swoop, down came the mosquitoes upon him. They covered his head, until not a part of it was to be seen. He ...
— Thirty Indian Legends • Margaret Bemister
... sorrow," answered the young man. "You may be aware, sir, that my sister and I belong to a fine old heavily mortgaged Southern family—the PENRUTHERSES and MUNCHAUSENS of Chipmunk Court House, Virginia, are our relatives—and that SHERMAN marched through us during the late southward projection of certain of your Northern military scorpions. After our father's felo-desease, ensuing remotely ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 • Various


Words linked to "Chipmunk" :   squirrel, Eutamias, genus Eutamias


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