| NOUN | animal | lemming | any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution |
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| Sounds | leh'mihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution. | |
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| Member of | Cricetidae, family Cricetidae | Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters |
| Narrower | European lemming, Lemmus lemmus | notable for mass migrations even into the sea where many drown |
| brown lemming, Lemmus trimucronatus | Of northwestern Canada and Alaska | |
| grey lemming, gray lemming, red-backed lemming | Old World lemming | |
| northern bog lemming, Synaptomys borealis | Of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska | |
| pied lemming | North American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlarged | |
| southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi | Of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada | |
| Broader | rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
| Spanish | leming, lemmini | |
| Catalan | leming, lèmming | |
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