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

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striped squirrel

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 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Kellaart calls this the Newara Elia ground-squirrel, and Jerdon the Neilgherry striped squirrel, but, as it is not peculiar to either one or the other place, I think it better to adopt another popular name.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

Whoever takes the pains to dig into the earth, where the striped squirrel has made his nest, will find something that will amply repay him for his trouble.

From Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match by Francis C. (Francis Channing) Woodworth

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 Clara Jessup Moore, Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore

Some years ago, as a Swede was constructing a mill dike, late in the autumn, he accidentally came upon an abode of the ground or striped squirrel.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich