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单词 marmot
释义

marmot

/ˈmɑːmət /
noun
A heavily built, gregarious burrowing rodent of mountainous country in both Eurasia and North America.
  • Genus Marmota, family Sciuridae: several species.
The Rodentia also includes beavers, muskrats, porcupines, woodchucks, chipmunks, squirrels, prairie dogs, marmots, chinchillas, voles, lemmings, and many others....
  • Some of these destructive species include beavers, muskrats, elk, deer, voles, marmots, prairie dogs and geese.
  • Stop along this byway to hike across broad plateaus and to admire Rocky Mountain goats, moose, black bears, grizzly bears, marmots, and mule deer.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French marmotte, probably via Romansh murmont from late Latin mus montanus 'mountain mouse'.

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