Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the subfamily Arctomyinæ, containing the marmots proper or woodchucks.
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Examples
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Dr. Richardson found in the stomach of this animal the remains of a seal, several marmots (_arctomys Richardsonii_),
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 John Franklin 1816
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They are all _marmots_, that is what they are; and why confound the study of them by calling them spermophiles and arctomys, and such-like hard names? "
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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