Definition of Brown lemming

1. Noun. Of northwestern Canada and Alaska.

Exact synonyms: Lemmus Trimucronatus
Generic synonyms: Lemming
Group relationships: Genus Lemmus, Lemmus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Lemming

brown eyes
brown fat
brown fat cell
brown goods
brown hairstreak
brown hairstreaks
brown hare
brown hares
brown hickory
brown hyena
brown hyenas
brown induration of the lung
brown jolly
brown lacewing
brown layer
brown lemming (current term)
brown lung
brown noser
brown nosers
brown oak
brown oedema
brown onion sauce
brown oriole
brown out
brown outs
brown owl
brown pellicle
brown pine
brown power
brown rat

Literary usage of Brown lemming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
""In that same far northern country is a close relative called the brown lemming. He is very much like Bandy save that he is all brown and does not change ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Four of these are land mammals and four amphibious or marine, as follows : One, Arctic fox; two, brown lemming; three, shrew: four, house mouse; five, ..."

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