chipmunk
Any of certain the small, striped rodents, all found in North America, with the…Any of certain the small, striped rodents, all found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk, placed in the taxonomic subtribe Tamiina.
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» Tom had never seen a chipmunk before.
Том никогда раньше не видел бурундука. — marafon
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1 sensesAny of certain the small, striped rodents, all found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk, placed in the taxonomic subtribe Tamiina.
Streifenhörnchen
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бурунду́кburundúk
- a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
Examples
8 sentencesTom had never seen a chipmunk before.
ruТом никогда раньше не видел бурундука. — marafon
A chipmunk is sitting in the tree eating a nut.
How do I keep fake chipmunks from spying on me?
Are most chipmunks drones?
A chipmunk saved his life.
Translations
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Origin
1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo˙nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamoo), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The English verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the American puppet and cartoon chipmunks in the group Alvin and the Chipmunks, who later starred in a popular children's TV show in the 1980s.
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