Marmot definitions

mär'mət

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.

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

noun

Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

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Origin of marmot

From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-ProvenÃ§al marmotan, Vulgar Latin mures montani, from Latin mus monti 'mountain rat', from Classical Latin mus alpini; akin to Romansch (Engadine) murmont, Old High German muremunto, German dialectal Murmentel, standard Murmeltier.