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lemming
(encz) | lemming,lumík n: Zdeněk Brož |
Lemming
(gcide) | Lemming \Lem"ming\ (l[e^]m"m[i^]ng), n. [Nor. lemming, lemende;
cf. Sw. lemel, Lapp. lummik.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the
genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice
in form. They are found in both hemispheres.
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Note: The common Northern European lemming (Myodes lemmus)
is remarkable for making occasional devastating
migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into
the lowlands.
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lemming
(wn) | lemming
n 1: any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of
circumpolar distribution |
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gray lemming
(encz) | gray lemming, n: |
lemming-like behavior
(encz) | lemming-like behavior, |
lemmings
(encz) | lemmings,lumíci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
northern bog lemming
(encz) | northern bog lemming, n: |
pied lemming
(encz) | pied lemming, n: |
red-backed lemming
(encz) | red-backed lemming, n: |
southern bog lemming
(encz) | southern bog lemming, n: |
Lemming
(gcide) | Lemming \Lem"ming\ (l[e^]m"m[i^]ng), n. [Nor. lemming, lemende;
cf. Sw. lemel, Lapp. lummik.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the
genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice
in form. They are found in both hemispheres.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common Northern European lemming (Myodes lemmus)
is remarkable for making occasional devastating
migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into
the lowlands.
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Snowy lemming
(gcide) | Snowy \Snow"y\, a.
1. White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows." --Shak.
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2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. "The snowy top of
cold Olympus." --Milton.
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3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
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There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
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Snowy heron (Zool.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea
candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chile; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zool.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus
torquatus}), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zool.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca,
or Nyctea nivea) common all over the northern parts of
the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage
is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or
less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl.
Snowy plover (Zool.), a small plover (Aegialitis nivosa)
of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It
is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of
the head white.
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brown lemming
(wn) | brown lemming
n 1: of northwestern Canada and Alaska [syn: brown lemming,
Lemmus trimucronatus] |
european lemming
(wn) | European lemming
n 1: notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many
drown [syn: European lemming, Lemmus lemmus] |
gray lemming
(wn) | gray lemming
n 1: Old World lemming [syn: grey lemming, gray lemming,
red-backed lemming] |
grey lemming
(wn) | grey lemming
n 1: Old World lemming [syn: grey lemming, gray lemming,
red-backed lemming] |
hudson bay collared lemming
(wn) | Hudson bay collared lemming
n 1: of northern Canada [syn: Hudson bay collared lemming,
Dicrostonyx hudsonius] |
northern bog lemming
(wn) | northern bog lemming
n 1: of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska
[syn: northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis] |
pied lemming
(wn) | pied lemming
n 1: North American lemming having a white winter coat and some
claws much enlarged |
red-backed lemming
(wn) | red-backed lemming
n 1: Old World lemming [syn: grey lemming, gray lemming,
red-backed lemming] |
southern bog lemming
(wn) | southern bog lemming
n 1: of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United
States and southern Canada [syn: southern bog lemming,
Synaptomys cooperi] |
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