pika

[ pahy-kuh ]

/ ˈpaɪ kə /

noun

any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.

Origin of pika

1820–30; recorded by the German naturalist P.S. Pallas (1741–1811) as the name for the animal in Evenki; compare Evenki (N Baikal dial.) pikačān a name for the tree creeper (Certhia familiaris), apparently based on Russian píkatʾ to squeak, peep (compare Russian pishchúkha a name for both the tree creeper and the pika, which emits a shrill sound)

Words nearby pika

pig-tailed macaque, pigtail hook, pigweed, pihoihoi, PIK, pika, pikake, pikau, pike, pikeblenny, piked dogfish

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Example sentences from the Web for pika

The pikas worked a relay system and the weasel abandoned the trail when the fourth pika became the object of the chase.
American Weasels|E. Raymond Hall
On the wildest and most desolate peaks and rock piles is found the cony or pika or "rock rabbit" as it is variously called.
The Lake of the Sky|George Wharton James
American pikas all belong to the subgenus Pika, which occurs also in Eurasia.
A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha|E. Raymond Hall
And that is how Little Chief the Pika learned to make hay while the sun shone in the days of plenty.
Mother West Wind "Where" Stories|Thornton W. Burgess

In slide rock and in bouldery moraines up as high as thirteen thousand feet, one finds the pika, or cony.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills

British Dictionary definitions for pika

pika

/ (ˈpaɪkə) /

noun

any burrowing lagomorph mammal of the family Ochotonidae of mountainous regions of North America and Asia, having short rounded ears, a rounded body, and rudimentary tailAlso called: cony

Word Origin for pika

C19: from Tungusic piika

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单词	pika
释义	pika [ pahy-kuh ] / ˈpaɪ kə / noun any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia. Origin of pika 1820–30; recorded by the German naturalist P.S. Pallas (1741–1811) as the name for the animal in Evenki; compare Evenki (N Baikal dial.) pikačān a name for the tree creeper (Certhia familiaris), apparently based on Russian píkatʾ to squeak, peep (compare Russian pishchúkha a name for both the tree creeper and the pika, which emits a shrill sound) Words nearby pika pig-tailed macaque, pigtail hook, pigweed, pihoihoi, PIK, pika, pikake, pikau, pike, pikeblenny, piked dogfish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pika The pikas worked a relay system and the weasel abandoned the trail when the fourth pika became the object of the chase. American Weasels\|E. Raymond Hall On the wildest and most desolate peaks and rock piles is found the cony or pika or "rock rabbit" as it is variously called. The Lake of the Sky\|George Wharton James American pikas all belong to the subgenus Pika, which occurs also in Eurasia. A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha\|E. Raymond Hall And that is how Little Chief the Pika learned to make hay while the sun shone in the days of plenty. Mother West Wind "Where" Stories\|Thornton W. Burgess In slide rock and in bouldery moraines up as high as thirteen thousand feet, one finds the pika, or cony. The Rocky Mountain Wonderland\|Enos A. Mills British Dictionary definitions for pika pika / (ˈpaɪkə) / noun any burrowing lagomorph mammal of the family Ochotonidae of mountainous regions of North America and Asia, having short rounded ears, a rounded body, and rudimentary tailAlso called: cony Word Origin for pika C19: from Tungusic piika Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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