DCHP-2

hoary marmot DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

  See also: groundhog (def. 2)  marmot (def. 2)  mountain marmot  rock whistler  siffleur (def. 1)  whistler  whistling badger  whistling marmot  whistling pig  

  • 1781  [The] Hoary [marmot] . . . Inhabits the northern parts of North America.
  • 1829  Hoary marmot, with long coarse fur, particularly on the chest and shoulders, where it is hoary.
  • 1963  At first I thought it was a whistler, one of the hoary marmots of the mountainside.