chipmunk

noun
🔊/ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/
🔊/ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/
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  1. a small North American animal of the squirrel family, with light and dark marks on its back花鼠,金花鼠,花栗鼠(栖于北美,属松鼠科)
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryChipmunk is used before these nouns:
    • cheek
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Ojibwa (an Algonquian language).