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MARMOTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Marmota mean?
• MARMOTA (noun)
The noun MARMOTA has 1 sense:
1. marmots
Familiarity information: MARMOTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marmots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Marmota; Marmota
Hypernyms ("Marmota" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Marmota"):
marmot (stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter)
Holonyms ("Marmota" is a member of...):
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
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