- marmot - stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
--1 is a kind of rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal
--1 is a member of Marmota, genus Marmota
--1 has particulars:groundhog, woodchuck, Marmota monax; hoary marmot, whistler, whistling marmot, Marmota caligata; yellowbelly marmot, rockchuck, Marmota flaviventris