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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mar·mot /ˈmɑrmət/
 土撥鼠

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 mar·mot /ˈmɑrmət/ 名詞
 土撥鼠(實驗用)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 mar·mot n.
 1. Zool. Any rodent of the genus Marmota (formerly Arctomys) of the subfamily Sciurinae.  The common European marmot (Marmota marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species.  The common American species (Marmota monax) is the woodchuck (also called groundhog), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety.
 2. Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
 Marmot squirrel Zool., a ground squirrel or spermophile.
 Prairie marmot. See Prairie dog.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 marmot
      n : stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy
          tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates
          in winter