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Definition of Pied lemming
1. Noun. North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged.
Group relationships: Dicrostonyx, Genus Dicrostonyx
Specialized synonyms: Dicrostonyx Hudsonius, Hudson Bay Collared Lemming
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pied Lemming
Literary usage of Pied lemming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"pied lemming Dicrostonyx hudsonius (Pallas) Description, Summer. Gray above, more
or less dappled with rusty ..."
2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"pied lemming Dicrostonyx hudsonius (Pallas) Description, Summer. Gray above, more
or less dappled with rusty ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"NGB 16. Dicrostonyx torquatus (Pallas). pied lemming. A single specimen of
Dicrostonyx was collected by Mr. Bux- ton near ..."
4. A Biological Reconnaissance of the Base of the Alaska Peninsula by Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1904)
"... and the slight differences in .-«•lor and cranial characters which distinguish
them are quite constant. Dicrostonyx nelsoni Merriam. Nelson pied lemming ..."
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