striped squirrel

American  

noun

1. any squirrel with stripes on its back, as a chipmunk.

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Etymology

Origin of striped squirrel

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

How commonly in the fall you see the cheek-pouches of the striped squirrel distended by a quantity of nuts!

From Excursions by Thoreau, Henry David

The copper-head snake is found at the Yellow River; also the thirteen striped squirrel.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

A striped squirrel flashed up the trunk of a tree to his hole.

From Days of the Discoverers by Choate, Florence

Frank and Fanny loved the striped squirrel; but never threw stones at him, or sought to make him a prisoner.

From Frank and Fanny by Moore, Bloomfield H., Mrs. (Clara Jessup)

A pretty striped squirrel was running up and down a tree at a little distance, whisking his bushy tail, and watching them with his large, bright eyes.

From Arthur Hamilton, and His Dog by Anonymous