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: any of a genus (Marmota) of stout-bodied short-legged chiefly herbivorous burrowing rodents of the squirrel family that have coarse fur, a short bushy tail, and very small ears and that hibernate during the winter compare woodchuck
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In some cases, selection favored marmots with fewer social relationships while favoring marmots living in more social and connected groups.
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Conner Philson, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
Keep an eye out for pikas and marmots along the way.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
She is caught up in an awareness of the marmots—of a concurrent marmot universe, of a concurrent marmot metaphysics.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
So, does our index, or the number of adverse events a marmot experienced early on, explain differences in marmot survival?
—Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Conner Philson, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
Keep an eye out for pikas and marmots along the way.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025
She is caught up in an awareness of the marmots—of a concurrent marmot universe, of a concurrent marmot metaphysics.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
So, does our index, or the number of adverse events a marmot experienced early on, explain differences in marmot survival?
—Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Marmot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marmot. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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marmot
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mar·mot
ˈmär-mət 
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged burrowing rodents (genus Marmota) with coarse fur, a short bushy tail, and very small ears that are important reservoirs of sylvatic plague
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