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Definition of Brown lemming
1. Noun. Of northwestern Canada and Alaska.
Exact synonyms: Lemmus Trimucronatus
Generic synonyms: Lemming
Group relationships: Genus Lemmus, Lemmus
Generic synonyms: Lemming
Group relationships: Genus Lemmus, Lemmus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Lemming
Literary usage of Brown lemming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
""In that same far northern country is a close relative called the brown lemming.
He is very much like Bandy save that he is all brown and does not change ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Four of these are land mammals and four amphibious or marine, as follows : One,
Arctic fox; two, brown lemming; three, shrew: four, house mouse; five, ..."
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