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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lemming \Lem"ming\ (l[e^]m"m[i^]ng), n. [Nor. lemming, lemende
cf Sw lemel, Lapp. lummik.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the
genera {Myodes} and {Cuniculus}, resembling the meadow mice
in form They are found in both hemispheres.
Note: The common Northern European lemming ({Myodes lemmus})
is remarkable for making occasional devastating
migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into
the lowlands.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lemming
n : any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of
circumpolar distribution
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