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单词 marmot
释义 marmot
 /mahr"meuht/,  n.  
  1. any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
  2. any of certain related animals, as the prairie dogs.
 [1600-10; < F marmotte, OF, appar. n. deriv. of marmotter to mutter, murmur (referring to the whistling noises made by such animals), equiv. to marm- imit. base denoting a variety of indistinct, continuous sounds (cf. MURMUR) + -ot(t)er suffix of expressive verbs (though v. is attested only in mod. F)]
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