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- DictionaryLem·ming/ˈlemiNG/
noun
- 1. a small, short-tailed, thickset rodent related to the voles, found in the Arctic tundra.
noun [ C ] us / ˈlem.ɪŋ / uk / ˈlem.ɪŋ /. Add to word list. Add to word list. an animal that looks like a large mouse and lives in cold northern areas. Lemmings migrate (= move from one place to another) in large groups and are often, but wrongly, thought to jump off cliffs together.
Lemming definition: any of various small, mouselike rodents of several genera including Lemmus, Myopus, and Dicrostonyx, of far northern regions, as L. lemmus, of Norway, Sweden, etc., noted for periodic mass migrations that sometimes involve crossing bodies of water.
LEMMING definition: 1. an animal that looks like a large mouse and lives in cold northern areas. Lemmings migrate…. Learn more.
For the full article, see lemming . lemming, Any of several species of small rodents belonging to the family Cricetidae and found primarily in northern temperate and polar regions of North America and Eurasia. Lemmings have short legs, small ears, and long, soft fur.
Lemmings are small rodents who are members of the Cricetidae family. They are subniveal animals (living in a zone that is in or under the snow layer) and together with the voles and muskrats, they make up the subfamily Arvicolinae. Lemmings are distributed throughout the tundra, alpine and mountain heaths of Scandinavia and Russia.
noun. /ˈlemɪŋ/ a small animal like a mouse, that lives in cold northern countries. Sometimes large groups of lemmings migrate (= move from one place to another) in search of food. Many of them die on these journeys and there is a popular belief that lemmings kill themselves by jumping off cliffs. Lemming-like we rushed into certain disaster.
Habitat & Distribution. Lemmings are pretty small creatures. Their maximum weight barely reaches 1.19 oz, while the maximum measure is around 7 inches. They have a rounded body shape with a quite short tail, legs and tiny ears, still, their look is unique thanks to their long fur, which cheers in black and brown colors.
