[mahr-muh
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| 1. | any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck. |
| 2. | any of certain related animals, as the prairie dogs. |
| mar·mot (mär'mət) n. Any of various stocky, coarse-furred, burrowing rodents of the genus Marmota, having short legs and ears and short bushy tails and found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. [French marmotte, from Old French, perhaps from marmotter, to mumble, probably of imitative origin.] |