chickaree

American  

[chik-uh-ree] / ˈtʃɪk əˌri /

noun

1. red squirrel.

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chickaree British  

/ ˈtʃɪkəˌriː /

noun

1. another name for American red squirrel See squirrel

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Etymology

Origin of chickaree

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805; imitative

Example Sentences

Quaintance, who, with Lloyd White, studied the chickaree there in 1935.

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

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

As I walk amid hickories, even in August, I hear the sound of green pig-nuts falling from time to time, cut off by the chickaree over my head.

From Excursions by Thoreau, Henry David