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Webster 1913 Edition


Lemming

Lem′ming

(lĕm′mĭng)
,
Noun.
[Nor.
lemming
,
lemende
; cf. Sw.
lemel
, Lapp.
lummik
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera
Myodes
and
Cuniculus
, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.
☞ The common Northern European lemming (
Myodes lemmus
) is remarkable for making occasional devastating migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into the lowlands.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lemming

LEM'MING

,

Definition 2024


Lemming

Lemming

See also: lemming and lèmming

German

Noun

Lemming m (genitive Lemmings, plural Lemminge)

  1. lemming

Derived terms

  • wie die Lemminge

lemming

lemming

See also: lèmming and Lemming

English

Wikispecies

Noun

lemming (plural lemmings)

  1. A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
  2. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmingen or lemmings, diminutive lemminkje n)

  1. lemming (rodent)

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French

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

  1. lemming

Portuguese

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

  1. Alternative form of lémingue

Spanish

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

  1. lemming (rodent)