tamias striatus

What does tamias striatus mean?

tamias striatus means "small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches".

What is another word for tamias striatus?

Close synonyms include eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, ground squirrel. 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 tamias striatus a common word?

tamias striatus 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tamias striatus come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.