- genus Marmota
- nounmarmots• Syn: ↑Marmota• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuridae, ↑family Sciuridae• Member Meronyms: ↑marmot
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genus Marmota
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Marmota marmotta — marmot mar mot (m[aum]r m[o^]t; 277), 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 {Marmota} (formerly {Arctomys}) of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Marmota monax — marmot mar mot (m[aum]r m[o^]t; 277), 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 {Marmota} (formerly {Arctomys}) of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Marmota — noun marmots • Syn: ↑genus Marmota • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuridae, ↑family Sciuridae • Member Meronyms: ↑marmot … Useful english dictionary
Marmota — Mar·mo·ta (mahr moґtə) the marmots, a genus of the family Sciwiidae, terrestrial rodents of North America, Europe, and Asia that are sometimes reservoirs of plague. M. boґbak is the tarbagan of Europe and Asia. M. moґmax is the woodchuck of… … Medical dictionary
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Marmot — For other uses, see Marmot (disambiguation). Marmot Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent Yellow bellied Marmot in Yosemite National Park Scientific c … Wikipedia
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