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Chickaree

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chick⋅a⋅ree

  [chik-uh-ree]
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–noun
red squirrel.
Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; imit.

red squirrel

 
–noun
a reddish squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, of North America.
Also called chickaree.

Origin:
1630–40, Americanism
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chick·a·ree   (chĭk'ə-rē')   
n.  A small squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasi) of the evergreen forests of northwest North America, resembling and closely related to the red squirrel.

[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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