marmot

  • 31marmot — noun /ˈmɑrmət/ Any of several large ground dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family …

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  • 32marmot — mar|mot [ˈma:mət US ˈma:r ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: marmotte] a small European or American animal with fur and short front legs which lives under the ground …

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  • 33marmot — mar|mot [ marmət ] noun count a small brown animal that lives underground in northern countries and sleeps during the winter …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34marmot — see MOUSE …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 35marmot — mar·mot || mÉ‘rmÉ™t / mɑː n. any of a number of stout bodied burrowing rodents with coarse fur and a short bushy tail …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 36marmot — [ mα:mət] noun a heavily built, gregarious burrowing rodent, typically living in mountainous country. [Genus Marmota: several species.] Origin C17: from Fr. marmotte, prob. via Romansch murmont from late L. mus montanus mountain mouse …

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  • 37marmot — mar·mot …

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  • 38marmot — mar•mot [[t]ˈmɑr mət[/t]] n. mam any stocky burrowing rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck • Etymology: 1600–10; < F marmotte, OF, appar. n. der. of marmotter to mutter, murmur …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39marmot — /ˈmamət / (say mahmuht) noun 1. any of the bushy tailed, thickset rodents constituting the genus Marmota, as the common woodchuck. 2. any of certain related animals, as the prairie dogs. {French marmotte, backformation from marmottaine, Latin… …

  • 40marmot —   n. squirrel like rodent of Pyrenees and Alps; woodchuck …

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