Main Entry:

mar·mot

Pronunciation:

\ˈmär-mət\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French marmotte

Date:

1607

: 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

[marmot illustration]