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marmot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marmot has 1 sense
- marmot(n = noun.animal) - stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter; is a kind of gnawer, rodent
is a member of genus marmota, marmota
has particulars: groundhog, marmota monax, woodchuck, hoary marmot, marmota caligata, whistler, whistling marmot, marmota flaviventris, rockchuck, yellowbelly marmot
CIDE DICTIONARY
marmot, n. [It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus montanus, or mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See Mountain, and Mouse.].
- Any rodent of the genus
Marmota (formerlyArctomys ) of the subfamilySciurinae . The common European marmot (Marmota marmotta ) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. Thebobac is another European species. The common American species (Marmota monax ) is thewoodchuck (also calledgroundhog ), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety. [1913 Webster] - Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus
Spermophilus ; also, the prairie dog. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marmot, n. any burrowing rodent of the genus Marmota, with a heavy-set body and short bushy tail.
Etymology
F marmotte prob. f. Romansh murmont f. L murem (nominative mus) montis mountain mouse
ROGET THESAURUS
marmot
Inactivity
N inactivity, inaction, inertness, obstinacy, lull, quiescence, rust, rustiness, idleness, remissness, sloth, indolence, indiligence, dawdling, ergophobia, otiosity, dullness, languor, segnity, segnitude, lentor, sluggishness, procrastination, torpor, torpidity, torpescence, stupor, somnolence, drowsiness, nodding, oscitation, oscitancy, pandiculation, hypnotism, lethargy, statuvolence heaviness, heavy eyelids, sleep, slumber, sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep, Morpheus, Somnus, coma, trance, ecstasis, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore, hypnology, dull work, pottering, relaxation, Castle of Indolence, lullaby, sedative, tranquilizer, hypnotic, sleeping pill, relaxant, anaesthetic, general anaesthetic, torpedo, idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus, do- little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner, afternoon farmer, truant, bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone, lubber, lubbard, slow coach (slow, ), opium eater, lotus eater, slug, lag, sluggard, slugabed, slumberer, dormouse, marmot, waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus, inactive, motionless, unoccupied, unbusied, indolent, lazy, slothful, idle, lusk, remiss, slack, inert, torpid, sluggish, otiose, languid, supine, heavy, dull, leaden, lumpish, exanimate, soulless, listless, drony, dronish, lazy as Ludlam's dog, dilatory, laggard, lagging, slow, rusty, flagging, lackadaisical, maudlin, fiddle-faddle, pottering, shilly-shally, sleeping asleep, fast asleep, dead asleep, sound asleep, in a sound sleep, sound as a top, dormant, comatose, in the arms of Morpheus, in the lap of Morpheus, sleepy, sleepful, dozy, drowsy, somnolent, torpescent, lethargic, lethargical, somnifacient, statuvolent, statuvolic, heavy, heavy with sleep, napping, somnific, somniferous, soporous, soporific, soporiferous, hypnotic, balmy, dreamy, unawakened, unawakened, sedative, inactively, at leisure, the eyes begin to draw straws, bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease, better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay, idly busy rolls their world away, the mystery of folded sleep, the timely dew of sleep, thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep, tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep.
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