MARMOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marmot mean? 

• MARMOT (noun)
  The noun MARMOT has 1 sense:

1. stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter

  Familiarity information: MARMOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARMOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("marmot" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marmot"):

groundhog; Marmota monax; woodchuck (reddish brown North American marmot)

hoary marmot; Marmota caligata; whistler; whistling marmot (large North American mountain marmot)

Marmota flaviventris; rockchuck; yellowbelly marmot (heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America)

Holonyms ("marmot" is a member of...):

genus Marmota; Marmota (marmots)