RED-BACKED LEMMING

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Meaning:

Old World lemming

Synonyms:

gray lemming; grey lemming; red-backed lemming

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("red-backed lemming" is a kind of...):

lemming (any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution)

Holonyms ("red-backed lemming" is a member of...):

genus Myopus; Myopus (a genus of Cricetidae)

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