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Marmot

//ˈmɑɹ.mət// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
  2. 2
    stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the Northern Hemisphere; hibernates in winter wordnet

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).

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