Marmot
/ˈmɑɹ.mət/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
- 2 stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the Northern Hemisphere; hibernates in winter wordnet
Example
More examples"The badger travels steadily, with its body very low and close to the ground; the marmot, especially when excited, gallops along, with undulatory movements of the body."
Etymology
From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, the plural form of Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”); akin to Engadin Romansch murmont, Old High German muremunto (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier).