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lemming Noun

[Subject: Zoology]

- A mouselike, short-tailed, arctic rodent, the European species of which which is noted for mass migrations that periodically result in large numbers drowning at sea

Translated by: FARHAD PEZESHKI

Etymology: Norwegian

Translated in 11 languages

Translations10
	Italian	lemming
	French	lemming
	German	Wühlmaus
	Brazilian Portuguese	*lêmingue; lemingue; lemingo??
	Breton	lemming
	Hebrew	למינג
	Inupiak	aviññaq
	Latin	lemmus
	Persian	موش صحرايی قطب شمال
	Welsh	leming

lemming Noun

[Subject: Social Processes]

- A person who unthinkingly joins a mass rush to destruction

Translated by: ROBERT GRIGOR BAXTER

Translated in 2 languages

Translations1
	French	mouton de Panurge

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