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WHISTLING MARMOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whistling marmot mean?
• WHISTLING MARMOT (noun)
The noun WHISTLING MARMOT has 1 sense:
1. large North American mountain marmot
Familiarity information: WHISTLING MARMOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large North American mountain marmot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hoary marmot; Marmota caligata; whistler; whistling marmot
Hypernyms ("whistling marmot" is a kind of...):
marmot (stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter)
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