lemming

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von lemming im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) yabani sıçan

kır sıçanı

kuzey memleketlerine özgü bir çeşit iri kır faresi, yaban sıçanı

yaban sıçan

Bir milyon yaban sıçanı hatalı olamaz. - A million lemmings can't be wrong.

Lemmus lemmus

{i} lemming

kuzey memleketlerine özgü bir çeşit iri kır faresi

{i} yaban sıçanı

Bir milyon yaban sıçanı hatalı olamaz. - A million lemmings can't be wrong.

Relevante Übersetzungen

brown lemming

kahverengi kır faresi

collar lemming

yakalı lemming

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von lemming im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Any of the small Arctic and Subarctic rodents of the tribe Lemmini. Three genera of vole are also commonly called lemmings

Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff

{n} a rat in the north of Europe, sometimes migrating

A lemming is an animal that looks like a large rat with thick fur. Lemmings live in cold northern regions and sometimes travel in very large numbers

They are found in both hemispheres

{i} any of number of mouselike rodents that live in arctic or northern regions

Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form

Any of the small Arctic and Subarctic rodents of the tribe Lemmini. Also 3 species of voles are called lemmings

disapproval If you say that a large group of people are acting like lemmings, you are critical of them because they all follow each other into an action without thinking about it. The French crowds pour like lemmings down the motorway to Paris. a small animal that looks like a rat. Lemmings are known for following each other in large numbers and killing themselves by jumping off cliffs into the sea. Any of several species of small rodents belonging to the family Cricetidae and found primarily in northern temperate and polar regions of North America and Eurasia. Lemmings have short legs, small ears, and long, soft fur. They are 4-7 in. (10-18 cm) long, including the stumpy tail, and are grayish or reddish brown above, paler below. They feed on roots, shoots, and grasses and live in burrows or rock crevices. They are noted for regular population fluctuations, and for their periodic migrations in spring and fall. Those of the Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus) are the most dramatic, because many of the migrants drown in the sea. However, lemmings are hesitant to enter water and, contrary to legend, do not plunge into the sea in a deliberate death march

any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution

Relevante Übersetzungen

Norway lemming

A species of lemming, Lemmus lemmus, endemic of Northern Scandinavia and North Russia

wood lemming

A species of lemming, Myopus schisticolor

brown lemming

of northwestern Canada and Alaska

european lemming

notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown

gray lemming

Old World lemming

hudson bay collared lemming

of northern Canada

lemmings

plural of lemming

lemmings

lemmus

northern bog lemming

of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska

pied lemming

North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged

southern bog lemming

of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von lemming im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

lemming

(Tabiat Doğa) (kemirgen, Fam: Arvicolidae) Norway lemming

Silbentrennung

lem·ming

Türkische aussprache

lemîng

Aussprache

/ˈleməɴɢ/ /ˈlɛmɪŋ/