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Definition of: marmot
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(mär′mət) noun
1. A stout, short–tailed, burrowing rodent of mountain regions (genus Marmota). The species found in North America is known as a woodchuck or ground hog.
2. A related rodent, as the prairie dog. [<F marmotte, fusion of OF marmotte a monkey and Romansch murmont a marmot <L mus, muris a mouse + mons, montis a mountain]
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