chipmunk

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As much as I LOVE horses - the chipmunk is my favorite (at least I think it's a chipmunk).

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  1. noun Any of several small striped terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias and Eutamias, especially T. striatus of eastern North America.

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  • The chipmunk was a good meal for the raccoon, his last meal, for my neighbor bashed his head in with the butt of his gun. —  The Maine Massacre - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 07
  • But unlike the chipmunk, when winter comes we look in our empty cheeks and find nothing. —  New at Creativity-Portal.com
  • Start with the nuts, chipmunk, and before you know it, winter will be over and you'll be running around in the sunny days of your new life. —  New at Creativity-Portal.com
  • As much as I LOVE horses - the chipmunk is my favorite (at least I think it's a chipmunk). —  Blogtimore, Hon
  • Back home, he gets his first real meal of chipmunk-appropriate formula. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
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  1. Alteration of obsolete chitmunk, perhaps from Ojibwa ajidamoonʔ, red squirrel.
 

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/ˈtʃɪpmungk, muk/
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