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Marmot - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Marmot : (noun)
1: stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy
tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates
in winter
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Marmot : \Mar"mot\, n. [It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus
montanus, or mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See
Mountain, and Mouse.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common
European marmot ({A. marmotta) is about the size of a
rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and
Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The
common American species ({A. monax) is the woodchuck.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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