marmot

English - Turkish

Definition of marmot in English Turkish dictionary

dağ sıçanı

Dağ sıçanı ölümsüzdür. - The marmot is immortal.

marmot

dağ sıçan

Dağ sıçanı ölümsüzdür. - The marmot is immortal.

i., zool. dağsıçanı, marmot

(isim) dağ sıçanı

bobak

dağsıçanı

Related Terms

prairie marmot

çayır sıçanı

prairie marmot

cayır sıçanı

English - English

Definition of marmot in English English dictionary

Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family

{n} a quadruped that burrows in the earth

a small European or American animal with fur and short front legs which lives under the ground (marmotte). Any of about 14 species (genus Marmota) of stout-bodied, diurnal, terrestrial squirrels found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Marmots are 12-24 in. (30-60 cm) long, excluding the short tail, and weigh 7-17 lbs (3-7.5 kg). Most species live in burrows or among boulders. They frequently sit upright and emit a whistling alarm call. Marmots live almost entirely on green plants, storing fat for hibernation. The black-and-white hoary marmot (M. caligata), of Siberia and northwestern North America, which hibernates for up to nine months, is hunted for food and fur. The yellow-bellied marmot (M. flaviventris) inhabits the western U.S. and British Columbia. See also woodchuck

monax is the woodchuck

The common American species A

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

marmotta is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees

The common European marmot A

{i} any of a number of stout-bodied burrowing rodents with coarse fur and a short bushy tail

Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog

Any rodent of the genus Arctomys

The bobac is another European species

Related Terms

Himalayan marmot

A marmot living on the Himalayan mountains, Marmota himalayana; closely related to the groundhog

Vancouver Island marmot

a species of marmot, Marmota vancouverensis, found only on Vancouver Island

hoary marmot

A small rodent of the species Marmota caligata

whistling marmot

A hoary marmot

hoary marmot

large North American mountain marmot

marmots

plural of marmot

marmots

marmota

prairie marmot

{i} prairie dog, burrowing rodent of the squirrel family that has light brown fur and lives in the prairies of North America

yellowbelly marmot

heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America

Turkish - English

Definition of marmot in Turkish English dictionary

marmot

Hyphenation

mar·mot

Etymology

[ 'mär-m&t ] (noun.) 1607. Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, Vulgar Latin mures montani, from Latin mus monti 'mountain rat', from Classical Latin mus alpini; akin to Romansch (Engadine) murmont, Old High German muremunto, German dialectal Murmentel, standard Murmeltier.