Definition of marmot Marmot

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We found 7 definitions of marmot from 6 different sources.

What does marmot mean?

Noun Plural: marmots
marmot - stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
		gnawer, rodent relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
		genus marmota, marmota marmots
		groundhog, marmota monax, woodchuck reddish brown North American marmot
		hoary marmot, marmota caligata, whistling marmot, whistler large North American mountain marmot

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marmot (Noun)
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and in the squirrel family.

marmot (n.)
Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.
marmot (n.)
Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.

marmot
A member of the genus Marmota, in the rodent family Sciuridae (squirrels).

Marmots are small mammals, that form the genus "Marmota".

They are rodents that belong to the group of ground squirrels. Most of them live in the mountains, like the Sierra Nevada, or the Alps. Marmots make holes in the ground, they live in burrows, underground. They hibernate, that is they sleep through the winter. Marmots are very social animals, they group together easily. They also like to communicate with each other, with whistles, especially when they sense danger.

Many historians suggest that marmots, rather than rats were the carriers of Bubonic Plague epidemics in the Middle Ages.

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