Noun:

எலி போன்ற விலங்கு,

lemmings தமிழ் அர்த்தத்தின் உதாரணம்:

பொதுவாக இது நாய், எலி போன்ற விலங்குகளிலேயே அதிகமாக இருக்கிறது.

இவற்றின் உணவு சிறிய கொறித்து உட்கொள்ளும் எலி போன்ற விலங்குகள் ஆகும்.

lemmings's Usage Examples:

Foxes and lemmings are met with, but whereas animals are few, birds are very numerous; a variety of ducks, waders, 'c.

The usual habitat of lemmings is the high lands or fells of the great central mountain chain of Norway and Sweden, from the southern branches of the Langfjeldene in Christiansand stift to the North Cape and the Varangerfjord.

The lemmings are very numerous, and in certain years undertake migrations to the mainland and back.

The interior of Novaya Zemlya shows hardly a trace of animal life, save here and there a vagrant bird, a few lemmings, an ice-fox, a brown or white bear, and at times immigrant reindeer.

The stomach varies in form from the simple oval bag of the squirrels to the complex ruminant like organ of the lemmings.

Arctic foxes feed largely on sea-birds and lemmings, laying up hidden stores of the last-named rodents for winter use.

The circumpolar lemmings of the genera Lemmus and Dicrostonyx are noticed in the article Lemming.

It breeds abundantly in some seasons on the fells of Lapland, its appearance depending chiefly on the presence of lemmings (Lemmus norvegicus), on which it mainly preys.

Reindeer, followed by wolves, come also every year to the islands; the polar fox and polar bear, both feeding on the lemmings, are numerous.

Where a thin sheet of humus, fertilized by lemmings, has accumulated, a few flowering plants appear, but even so their brilliant flowers spring direct from the soil, concealing the developed leaflets, while their horizontally spread roots grow out of proportion; only the Salix lanata rises to 7 or 8 in.

In Jameson Land, we look for musk oxen and collared lemmings and predatory long-tailed skua, snowy owl and arctic fox.

But she did grumble; the mere sight of all these people flopping in like lemmings made her want to shout with frustration.

Synonyms:

Lemmus lemmus, gnawer, northern bog lemming, Cricetidae, Lemmus trimucronatus, family Cricetidae, Synaptomys cooperi, Synaptomys borealis, grey lemming, rodent, southern bog lemming, red-backed lemming, gray lemming, European lemming, pied lemming, brown lemming,

Antonyms:

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