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Definition of Marmot

1. Noun. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter.

Definition of Marmot

1. n. Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.

Definition of Marmot

1. Noun. Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera ''Marmota'' and ''Cynomys'' in the squirrel family. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marmot

1. a burrowing rodent [n -S]

Medical Definition of Marmot

1. 1. Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. Marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. Monax) is the woodchuck. 2. Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog. Marmot squirrel, a ground squirrel or spermophile. Prairie marmot. See Prairie dog. Origin: It. Marmotta, marmotto, prob. Fr. L. Mus montanus, or mus montis, lit, mountain mouse or rat. See Mountain, and Mouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Marmot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"The Alpine marmot is easily tamed, and may be taught many amusing tricks. ... The Polish marmot is rather larger than the species just described. ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The Poland marmot (A. bob<tc. Pall.) is somewhat larger, with more reddish ... For the American marmot (А. топах, Gmel.) see WOODCHUCK, its common name. ..."

3. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce by Henry Poland (1892)
"This marmot, also called the Long-tailed marmot, is very similar to A ... CHINESE marmot. The Chinese marmot shows a marked similarity to the preceding ..."

4. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1823)
"THE marmot. FROM the description of the squirrel and its varieties, ... Among the hare kind is the marmot,f which naturalists have placed either among the ..."

5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Sir John Richardson, who gives the above synonyms, states that the Quebec marmot inhabits the woody districts from Canada to 61° N. lat, and perhaps still ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"3f. An ugly little fellow; a conceited "puppy." Some mincing marmoset, Made all of clothes and face. B. Joman, Cynthia's Bevels, ill. 2. marmot (mär'mot), ..."

7. Himalayan journals; or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1855)
"Besides the wild sheep found on these mountains, a species of marmot sometimes ... TIBET marmot. the Lapland " Lemming ") from Tibet as far as Tungu. ..."

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