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单词 chipping squirrel
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chipping squirreln.

Brit. /ˈtʃɪpɪŋ skwɪrəl/, /ˈtʃɪpɪŋ skwɪrl̩/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪpɪŋ ˌskwərəl/
Forms: 1700s chipping squirril, 1800s– chipping squirrel.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of imitative origin, -ing suffix2, squirrel n.
Etymology: Apparently < an element of imitative origin (compare cheep v.) + -ing suffix2 + squirrel n.; in later use perhaps influenced by chipmunk n. (compare the discussion at that entry). Compare earlier ground-squirrel n. and later chip squirrel n.
Chiefly U.S.
A chipmunk (genus Tamias), esp. the eastern chipmunk, T. striatus. Cf. chip squirrel n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Tamias (ground-squirrel) > tamias striatus (chipmunk)
chipping squirrel1749
striped squirrel1796
hackee1826
chipmunk1830
chip squirrel1830
1749 I. Cheever Let. 27 July in Papers of Robert Treat Paine (1992) I. 58 There's Chipping squirrils, moscatoes, bats and Night Hawks.
1826 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 10 326 The gray squirrel, the black squirrel, and the chipping squirrel, are the only kinds I have seen.
1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 205 The chipping, or striped squirrel.
1899 Notts. Guardian 9 Dec. 7/2 The additions to the Zoological Society's menagerie..include a Macaque monkey, two chipping squirrels,..and a brown Capuchin monkey.
1921 E. Step Animal Life Brit. Isles 82 The pretty Chipmunk (Tamias striatus, Linn.), or Chipping Squirrel, one of the Ground Squirrels, is another American species that has become acclimatised in the London area.
1951 Louisiana Conservationist May 12/3 The chipping squirrel, or hackee, always carries four nuts in the pouches on its jaws on each journey to its storehouse.
2013 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard (Nexis) 27 June b9/3 I described the size and location of the nest and Erickson said it could have been a tuffed titmouse or a chipping squirrel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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