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GREY LEMMING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grey lemming mean?
• GREY LEMMING (noun)
The noun GREY LEMMING has 1 sense:
1. Old World lemming
Familiarity information: GREY LEMMING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World lemming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
gray lemming; grey lemming; red-backed lemming
Hypernyms ("grey lemming" is a kind of...):
lemming (any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution)
Holonyms ("grey lemming" is a member of...):
genus Myopus; Myopus (a genus of Cricetidae)
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