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n. Any of various stocky, coarse-furred, burrowing rodents of the genus Marmota, having short legs and ears and short bushy tails and found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

n. Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

n. Any rodent of the genus Marmota (formerly Arctomys) of the subfamily Sciurinae. The common European marmot (Marmota 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 (Marmota monax) is the woodchuck (also called groundhog), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety.

n. Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.

n. A rodent quadruped of the genus Arctomys; a bear-mouse, ground-hog, or woodchuck.

n. The Cape cony, Hyrax capensis: a misnomer. Kolbe, Vosmaer, Buffon, etc.

n. stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter

"Salut, marmotte = Hello, marmot (a marmot is a furry rodent thathibernates) le début de l'après-midi = beginning of the afternoon"

gnawer    rodent   

earless marmot    groundhog    woodchuck   

whistler    whistling marmot    rockchuck    groundhog    hoary marmot    marmota monax    marmota flaviventris    woodchuck    yellowbelly marmot    marmota caligata   

jerboa    muskrat    musquash    hyaena    fig    schisti    coon    pangolin    gopher    badger