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chickaree

[ chik-uh-ree ]

chickaree

/ ˈ³Ùʃɪ°ìəˌ°ù¾±Ë /

noun

  1. another name for American red squirrel See squirrel
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Origin of chickaree1

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805; imitative
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Dolores Waters, who lived in Robindale in 1977 and now lives north of Johnstown on Chickaree Mountain, shook hands and chatted with a constant stream of long-lost friends and neighbors.

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Douglas squirrel or Sierra chickaree.—Very abundant and thrusts itself upon the public by its quarrelsome and scolding disposition.

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

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Species such as the bighorn and the marmot that are rare within the Park, or those such as the chickaree, the prairie dog, the wandering shrew, the montane vole, and the long-tailed vole that occupy only small areas of suitable habitat within the Park are the species most likely to be eliminated by natural changes, or through the activities of man.

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On May 29, 1935, White observed a chickaree eating green oak leaves.

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