Striped a. Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
Striped bass. Zool. See under Bass.
Striped maple Bot., a slender American tree (Acer Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also striped dogwood, and moosewood.
Striped mullet. Zool. See under Mullet, 2.
Striped snake Zool., the garter snake.
Striped squirrel Zool., the chipmunk.
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Chip·munk n. Zool. 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. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.]
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striped squirrel
n : small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with
cheek pouches [syn: eastern chipmunk, hackee, ground
squirrel, Tamias striatus]