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‖ bobac|ˈbəʊbæk|
Also boback, bobak.
[Pol. bobak.]
A burrowing-squirrel found in Poland and adjoining countries, called also Polish Marmot.
1697Locke Let. to Bp. of Worcester 195 Three Bobaques are all true and real Bobaques, supposing the Name of that Species of Animals belongs to them. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. II. 261 This animal [marmot] is found in Poland under the denomination of the boback. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) I. 387 The burrows which the Bobacs form in the ground, are constructed obliquely. 1901Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 5/3 The bobac, the still living marmot of the Siberian steppes. 1968F. Kertesz Lang. Nuclear Sci. 12 The underground nuclear tests at Los Alamos were designated first by burrowing mammals such as..Bobac. |