marmot
noun /ˈmɑːmət/
/ˈmɑːrmət/
- a small European or American animal that lives in holes in the ground
Topics Animalsc2旱獭,土拨鼠(居于地穴,分布于欧洲及美洲) 词源early 17th cent.: from French marmotte, probably via Romansch (a Romance language spoken in Switzerland) murmont from late Latin mus montanus ‘mountain mouse’; compare with French marmotter ‘mutter through the teeth’.