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chip⋅munk
[chip-muhngk] 
–noun
| 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. |
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; assimilated var. of earlier chitmunk, appar. < Ojibwa ačitamo⋅nʔ red squirrel, equiv, to ačit- headfirst, face-down + derivational elements; so called from the squirrel's manner of descending trees
1825–35, Americanism; assimilated var. of earlier chitmunk, appar. < Ojibwa ačitamo⋅nʔ red squirrel, equiv, to ačit- headfirst, face-down + derivational elements; so called from the squirrel's manner of descending trees
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| chip·munk (chĭp'mŭngk') n. Any of several small striped terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias and Eutamias, especially T. striatus of eastern North America. [Alteration of obsolete chitmunk, perhaps from Ojibwa ajidamoon  , red squirrel.] |
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