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lemming |
2 definitions found 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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