Marmot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Marmot	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Marmot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marmot n stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marmot \Mar"mot\, n. [It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus montanus, or mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See {Mountain}, and {Mouse}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) 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.