marmot
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- noun
- /ˈmɑːrmət/
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marmota
- During my hike in the mountains, I spotted a marmot sunbathing on a rock.
- bellied marmots
- yellow-bellied marmots
- hoary marmots
And he, he wound up studying a, a little furry mammal that like a, that looked like a woodchuck called an Alpine Marmot.
- And he, he wound up studying a, a little furry mammal that like a, that looked like a woodchuck called an Alpine Marmot.
Examples
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Here and there in the rock expanse, patches of meadow grass gleamed, like the lawns of marmot estates.
Fiction book (1991) -
Yeah, marmots are having a hard time because they have a thing called brown fat.
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The calls of pikas signal their return to the surface, and marmot tracks tell of their awakening from hibernation.
Academic text (1991) -
Contributing to a filling breakfast was the fortunate find of a marmot's cache of spring beauty corms.
Fiction book (1990) -
The marmot dug a burrow in the grass to store food for the winter.
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As I walked through the national park, I heard a marmot whistle to warn its friends of danger.
Compounds
- US
A large North American ground squirrel with silvery gray fur that lives in mountains
A large ground squirrel that lives in mountains and makes a loud high whistle
A large brownish animal like a ground squirrel that lives on rocky mountains in western North America
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Etymology
Marmot comes from French marmotte and may be linked to German murmeltier ('murmuring animal') or to Latin mus montanus ('mountain mouse'). So think of a 'mountain mouse' that makes small sounds and sleeps through the winter, which fits the marmot's life of living in mountain burrows and hibernating.