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Lemming   /lˈɛmɪŋ/   Listen
Lemming

noun
1.
Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution.



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European lemming
Hudson bay collared lemming
brown lemming
gray lemming
grey lemming
northern bog lemming
pied lemming
red-backed lemming
southern bog lemming


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"Lemming" Quotes from Famous Books



... which are found in cave-deposits in Europe generally, are the Cave-bear, the Cave-lion, the Cave-hyaena, the Reindeer, the Musk-ox, the Glutton, and the Lemming—of which the first three are probably identical with existing forms, and the remainder are certainly so—together with the Mammoth and the Woolly Rhinoceros, which are undoubtedly extinct. Along with these are found the implements, and in ...
— The Ancient Life History of the Earth • Henry Alleyne Nicholson


Words linked to "Lemming" :   family Cricetidae, southern bog lemming, Cricetidae, rodent, brown lemming, Synaptomys cooperi, gnawer, Lemmus lemmus, Synaptomys borealis, Lemmus trimucronatus


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