noun.
Any of several small striped rodents of the genus Tamias, chiefly of North America.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A name of the hackee or chipping-squirrel of the United States, Tamias striatus, and of other species of the genus Tamias (which see).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.