BROWN LEMMING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does brown lemming mean? 

• BROWN LEMMING (noun)
  The noun BROWN LEMMING has 1 sense:

1. of northwestern Canada and Alaska

  Familiarity information: BROWN LEMMING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROWN LEMMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of northwestern Canada and Alaska

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brown lemming; Lemmus trimucronatus

Hypernyms ("brown lemming" is a kind of...):

lemming (any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution)

Holonyms ("brown lemming" is a member of...):

genus lemmus; Lemmus (lemmings)