OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17694

lemming

/lɛm.ɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lemming
A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.
The well-known lemmings, in severe winters, at long intervals, move down from the mountains of Scandinavia in immense numbers, crossing lakes and rivers, eating their way through h…
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