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lemming Definition


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lemming
noun
    1. A small burrowing rodent, native to northern regions of Europe, Asia and N America, which occasionally participates in huge migrations once popularly but erroneously believed to result in mass drownings at sea.
    2. Someone who blindly follows other people on a course to predictable disaster.
Derivative: lemming-like
adverb
    Foolishly and without thinking.
Etymology: 16c: Norwegian lemmen.



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