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Definition of chipmunk noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chipmunk

noun

/ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/

/ˈtʃɪpmʌŋk/

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a small North American animal of the squirrel family, with light and dark marks on its backTopics Animalsc2
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Chipmunk is used before these nouns:
cheek
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Ojibwa (an Algonquian language).

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