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marmota

Definitions of marmota
  1. noun
    stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
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    type of:
    roedor
    relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
  2. noun
    a sleepy person
    synonyms: dormilón, lirón
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