PIED LEMMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pied lemming mean? 

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

1. North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIED LEMMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Dicrostonyx hudsonius; Hudson bay collared lemming (of northern Canada)

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

Dicrostonyx; genus Dicrostonyx (pied lemmings)