Noun
Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. 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 (A. monax) is the woodchuck.
Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
Source: Webster's dictionarySound as a burrow'd marmot he slept On the straw where he'd tumbled fully-dressed that night. Adam Mickiewicz
By 2015, thanks to efforts by the Marmot Recovery Foundation and breeding programs at zoos in Toronto and Calgary, that number has increased to 200 individuals. Source: Internet
Other animals included “roe deer, bear, wolverine, lynx, wolf, Siberian marmot, fox, and sable” (Vasilevich, 626). Source: Internet
Instead of striking, however, it's almost motionless, searching for a marmot or some such creature in the rocks. Source: Internet
“It was good,” the 10-year-old skier said about his first-place performance in the M12 Moguls at the North and South Alberta Winter Games qualifier for moguls and slope style at Marmot Basin in Jasper Jan. Source: Internet
The last significant Russian outbreak of Plague was in Siberia in 1910 after sudden demand for marmot skins (a substitute for sable ) increased the price by 400 percent. Source: Internet