chickaree

noun

chickaree

noun

Etymology Onomatopoeia from its cry; compare chickadee.

1

Canada, US A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America.

  • We heard the sound of the chickaree1864, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods:

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