Definition of lemmings Lemmings
/lɛˈmɪŋz/ - [lemingz] -
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What does lemmings mean?
Wiktionary 
- lemmings (Noun)
Plural of lemming.
Part of speech
🔤- lemmings, noun, plural of lemming.
WordNet
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| lemming - any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution | ||
| gnawer, rodent relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing | ||
| cricetidae, family cricetidae mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters | ||
| european lemming, lemmus lemmus notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown | ||
| brown lemming, lemmus trimucronatus of northwestern Canada and Alaska | ||
| gray lemming, grey lemming, red-backed lemming Old World lemming | ||
| pied lemming North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged | ||
| southern bog lemming, synaptomys cooperi of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada | ||
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Wiktionary
- lemming (Noun)
A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents. - lemming (Noun)
Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow somebody off a follow a leader off a cliff .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lemming (n.)
Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lemming
lem′ing, n. a genus of rodents, nearly allied to voles, migrating southward in great numbers. [Norw. lemende, lemming—lemja, to beat. Perh. Lapp, loumek, a lemming.]
Wikipedia 
- Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes.
Part of speech
🔤- lemming, noun, singular of lemmings.
