marmot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large, stocky burrowing rodent of the squirrel family, typically living in mountainous or northern regions

   The marmot disappeared into its burrow when the hikers approached.

From Middle French marmote, through Franco-Provençal forms ultimately associated with Latin mures montani, 'mountain mice.' Related forms entered several Alpine languages for the burrowing mountain rodent.

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