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Showing words for LEMMING using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Lemming

lemming

6 Letter Words for Lemming

leming, mingle

5 Letter Words for Lemming

gimel, gimme, glime, ingem, ingle, legin, ligne, limen, linge, minge

4 Letter Words for Lemming

engl, gein, genl, gien, gile, glei, glen, glim, leng, lien, lige, lime, limn, line, ling, mein, meng, mien, mile, mime, mine, ming, mnem, nile

3 Letter Words for Lemming

eli, elm, eng, enl, gel, gem, gen, gie, gim, gin, ign, ile, ing, leg, lei, lem, lie, lig, lim, lin, meg, mei, mel, mem, men, mig, mil, mim, min, neg, nei, nie, nig, nil, nim

Definitions for Lemming

[1] any of various small, mouselike rodents of the genera Lemmus, Myopus, and Dicrostonyx, of far northern regions, as L. lemmus, of Norway, Sweden, etc., noted for periodic mass migrations that sometimes result in mass drownings.
[2] any of various volelike rodents of the genus Lemmus and related genera, of northern and arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America: family Cricetidae. The Scandinavian variety, Lemmus lemmus, migrates periodically when its population reaches a peak
[3] a member of any large group following an unthinking course towards mass destruction

Words nearby Lemming

lemessus, lemieux, lemma, lemmatize, lemme, lemming, lemminkäinen, lemmoblast, lemmocyte, lemnian, lemniscate

Origin of Lemming

1600–10; < Norwegian; cognate with Icelandic lǣmingi lemming, lǣmingr loon; akin to Gothic laian to revile, Icelandic lā to blame

Word origin for Lemming

C17: from Norwegian; related to Latin latrāre to bark