[
UK
/lˈɛmɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɫɛmɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɛmɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
How To Use lemming In A Sentence
- However, egg predation also had a large impact on geese and this effect was highly variable according to the abundance of another prey, lemmings.
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- Flemming, on the other hand, clung to his erroneous view that all the chromosomes are at first united into one long continu - ous thread, a “spireme,” which later breaks up into the separate chromosomes. GENETIC CONTINUITY
- In the twinkling of an eye Flemming tried the cross-buttock, but it seemed that Merriwell had been expecting just such a move, for he passed his left leg behind Fred's right and through in front of Fred's left. Frank Merriwell's Races
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- That chosen for chipmunks is a compromise between the speeds reported for foraging chipmunks and migrating lemmings.
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- Two species of lemmings are the only other herbivores that occur in significant numbers on the island.
- Fifteen southern bog lemmings were examined and yielded 13 species of parasitic acari and insects.
- The rest can only hide in their holes, or like lemmings rush to disaster en masse.