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hoary marmot
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of the western mountains.
See: groundhog(def. 2),marmot(def. 2),mountain marmot,rock whistler,siffleur(def. 1),whistler,whistling badger,whistling marmot,whistling pig
Quotations
1781
[The] Hoary [marmot] . . . Inhabits the northern parts of North America.
1829
Hoary marmot, with long coarse fur, particularly on the chest and shoulders, where it is hoary.
1963
At first I thought it was a whistler, one of the hoary marmots of the mountainside.