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