GENUS MARMOTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Marmota mean? 

• GENUS MARMOTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS MARMOTA has 1 sense:

1. marmots

  Familiarity information: GENUS MARMOTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MARMOTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marmots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Marmota; Marmota

Hypernyms ("genus Marmota" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Marmota"):

marmot (stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter)

Holonyms ("genus Marmota" is a member of...):

family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)