Definition of Genus Marmota

1. Noun. Marmots.

Exact synonyms: Marmota
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Sciuridae, Sciuridae
Member holonyms: Marmot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Marmota

genus Mammuthus
genus Mandevilla
genus Mandragora
genus Mandrillus
genus Manduca
genus Mangifera
genus Manihot
genus Manilkara
genus Manis
genus Manta
genus Mantis
genus Maranta
genus Marasmius
genus Marattia
genus Marchantia
genus Marmota (current term)
genus Marrubium
genus Marsilea
genus Martes
genus Martynia
genus Masdevallia
genus Masticophis
genus Mastigoproctus
genus Mastodon
genus Mastotermes
genus Matricaria
genus Matteuccia
genus Matthiola
genus Maxillaria
genus Maxostoma

Literary usage of Genus Marmota

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

1. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"Citellus, p. 155 b. Tail long, very broad and bushy; ears pointed, and often tufted; no cheek pouches. Sciurus, p. 181 Genus MARMOTA (from marmot, ..."

2. Hygiene of Communicable Diseases: A Handbook for Sanitarians, Medical by Francis Merton Munson, John Harington, Francis Randolph Packard, Fielding Hudson Garrison (1920)
"... and other rodents of the genus Marmota are accountable for the perpetuation of plague in chronic form. Prom the foregoing it is apparent that to prevent ..."

3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The woodchucks, or ground-" hogs " (genus Marmota), also live in burrows; but are usually not colonial, and prefer hillsides or pasture land for their homes ..."

4. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"The number of young in a litter varies greatly, rarely as few as one or two, frequently six or eight, rarely ten. genus Marmota FRISCH. (Marmot. ..."

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