DCHP-2

marmot DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  any of several squirrel-like animals living largely on the ground, usually applied to the genus Spermophilus.

  See also: ground squirrel  

• 2 n.

  a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of the western mountains.

  See also: hoary marmot