Marmot Definition

märmət
marmots
noun
Any of a genus (Marmota) of thick-bodied, gnawing, burrowing squirrels with coarse fur and a short, bushy tail, as the woodchuck.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Marmot

Noun

Singular:
marmot
Plural:
marmots

Origin of Marmot

  • From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • French marmotte from Old French perhaps from marmotter to mumble probably of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Marmot Sentence Examples

  • The chamois, bouquetin and marmot are found only in the Alps, not at all in the Apennines.

  • The various species of rapacious animals are disappearing, together with the colonies of marmots; the insectivores are also becoming scarce in consequence of the destruction of insects; while vermin, such as the suslik, or pouched marmot (Spermophilus), and the destructive insects which are a scourge to agriculture, become a real plague.

  • Of the Rodentia the most interesting and conspicuous is the marmot (Arctomys marmota), which lives in colonies close to the snow-line.

  • Sold as Marmot, dyed Sold as Fitch, dyed Sold as Rabbit, dyed Sold as Hare, dyed Sold as Musquash, dyed Sold as Wallaby, dyed Sold as White Rabbit Sold as White Rabbit, dyed..

  • In America marmots are known as "wood-chucks" The Alpine Marmot (Arctomys marmotta).

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