leopard-marmot love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A book-name for the 13-lined spermophile, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus.

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Examples

  • Some, as the ground-hog, or wood-chuck of the United States, are as large as rabbits, while others, as the leopard-marmot, are not bigger than Norway rats.

    The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

  • Some, as the ground-hog, or wood-chuck of the United States, are as large as rabbits, while others, as the leopard-marmot, are not bigger than Norway rats.

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

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