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Definition of Bobac
1. n. The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
Definition of Bobac
1. bobak [n -S] - See also: bobak
Medical Definition of Bobac
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobac
Literary usage of Bobac
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... 3|J inches; the heel is more sparsely clad with hairs along its margin than
is the tarsus of A. bobac" (Dr. J. Anderson, 'PZS' 1871, pp. 561, 562). ..."
2. A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, John Wright (1831)
"The bobac constructs burrows obliquely in the ground, of the depth of two, ...
The Canadian Monax, the Poland bobac, and the Alpine Marmots, are, indeed, ..."
3. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The bobac, or POLAND MARMOT, is one of the true Marmots, and is a native of part*
of Northern ... The length of the bobac is rather more than twenty inches, ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(The bobac.) Size of the preceding; of a yellowish grey, tinted with red about
the head. Inhabits low mountains and hills, from Poland to Kamschatka, ..."