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TAMIAS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chipmunks of eastern North America

Synonyms:

genus Tamias; Tamias

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tamias" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Tamias"):

eastern chipmunk; ground squirrel; hackee; striped squirrel; Tamias striatus (small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches)

Holonyms ("Tamias" is a member of...):

family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)

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