tamias

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Tamias
    n 1: chipmunks of eastern North America [syn: {Tamias}, {genus
         Tamias}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tamias \Ta"mi*as\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a distributer.] (Zool.)
   A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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