lemming : Idioms & Phrases
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brown lemming
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noun of northwestern Canada and Alaska
Lemmus trimucronatus.
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european lemming
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noun notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown
Lemmus lemmus.
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gray lemming
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noun Old World lemming
grey lemming; gray lemming.
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grey lemming
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noun Old World lemming
grey lemming; gray lemming.
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hudson bay collared lemming
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noun of northern Canada
Dicrostonyx hudsonius.
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northern bog lemming
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noun of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska
Synaptomys borealis.
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pied lemming
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noun North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged
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red-backed lemming
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noun Old World lemming
grey lemming; gray lemming.
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Snowy lemming
(Zoöl.) , the collared lemming (Cuniculus torquatus ), which turns white in winter.
Webster 1913
southern bog lemming
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noun of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada
Synaptomys cooperi.