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Onomatopoeia from its cry; compare chickadee.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America. Full definition →
Onomatopoeia from its cry; compare chickadee.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.