chickaree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chickaree
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805; imitative
Example Sentences
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Glenora Peak On the trail to the steamboat-landing at the foot of Dease Lake, I met a Douglas squirrel, nearly as red and rusty in color as his Eastern relative the chickaree.
From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John
Fire in Chickaree Draw could destroy all the Douglas fir there, and consequently much of the habitat occupied by the chickaree.
From Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Anderson, Sydney
On May 29, 1935, White observed a chickaree eating green oak leaves.
From Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Anderson, Sydney
Quaintance, who, with Lloyd White, studied the chickaree there in 1935.
From Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Anderson, Sydney
As I walk amid hickories, even in August, I hear the sound of green pignuts falling from time to time, cut off by the chickaree over my head.
From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
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