different between lemming vs microtine

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?m.??/
• Rhymes: -?m??

Noun

lemming (plural lemmings)

1. A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
2. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

Derived terms

• bog lemmings, Synaptomys spp.
• collared lemmings, Dicrostonyx spp.
• steppe lemming, Lagurus lagurus
• true lemmings, Lemmus spp.
• wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor
• yellow steppe lemmings, Eolagurus spp.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmingen or lemmings, diminutive lemminkje n)

1. lemming (rodent)

Anagrams

• glimmen

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

French

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.mi?/

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. lemming

Further reading

• “lemming” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. Alternative form of lémingue

Spanish

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. lemming (rodent)

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Microtinae , a subfamily name, from Microtus +? -inae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?k??ta?n/

Adjective

microtine (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Of or relating to the subfamily Microtinae, including voles, lemmings and muskrats.

Noun

microtine (plural microtines)

1. Any rodent of the former subfamily Microtinae (now Arvicolinae)

Anagrams

• monitrice