DCHP-1 Online
chitmunk Obs. 
n. any one of several small striped rodents, resembling squirrels, of the family Sciuridae.
See also: chipmunk
- 1842 . . . the shrill whistling cry of the little striped squirrel, called by the natives "chitmunk," was every sound that broke the stillness of the wild.
- 1853 The chitmunck . . . or ground squirrel, is much smaller and more mischievous than any of the former species.
- 1842 . . . the shrill whistling cry of the little striped squirrel, called by the natives "chitmunk," was every sound that broke the stillness of the wild.