genus tamias

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   chipmunks of eastern North America

   SynonymsTamias

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofSciuridae

Questions about genus tamias

What does genus tamias mean?

genus tamias means "chipmunks of eastern North America".

What is another word for genus tamias?

Close synonyms include Tamias. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus tamias a common word?

genus tamias is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.