RED-BACKED LEMMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-backed lemming mean? 

• RED-BACKED LEMMING (noun)
  The noun RED-BACKED LEMMING has 1 sense:

1. Old World lemming

  Familiarity information: RED-BACKED LEMMING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED-BACKED LEMMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World lemming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gray lemming; grey lemming; red-backed lemming

Hypernyms ("red-backed lemming" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("red-backed lemming" is a member of...):

genus Myopus; Myopus (a genus of Cricetidae)