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TAMIAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tamias mean?
• TAMIAS (noun)
The noun TAMIAS has 1 sense:
1. chipmunks of eastern North America
Familiarity information: TAMIAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chipmunks of eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tamias; Tamias
Hypernyms ("Tamias" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Tamias"):
eastern chipmunk; ground squirrel; hackee; striped squirrel; Tamias striatus (small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches)
Holonyms ("Tamias" is a member of...):
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
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