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marmot

(mär′mət)

noun

any of a genus (Marmota) of thick-bodied, gnawing, burrowing squirrels with coarse fur and a short, bushy tail, as the woodchuck

Origin: Fr marmotte < earlier marmottaine, prob. < L mus montanus, mountain mouse

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noun

Any of various stocky, coarse-furred, burrowing rodents of the genus Marmota, having short legs and ears and short bushy tails and found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

Origin:

Origin: French marmotte

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , perhaps from marmotter, to mumble

Origin: , probably of imitative origin

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