noun.
Any of various stocky, coarse-furred, burrowing rodents of the genus Marmota, having short legs and ears and short bushy tails and found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A rodent quadruped of the genus Arctomys; a bear-mouse, ground-hog, or woodchuck.
noun.
The Cape cony, Hyrax capensis: a misnomer. Kolbe, Vosmaer, Buffon, etc.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Any rodent of the genus Marmota (formerly Arctomys) of the subfamily Sciurinae. The common European marmot (Marmota marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (Marmota monax) is the woodchuck (also called groundhog), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety.
noun.
Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.