grey lemming

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   Old World lemming

   Synonymsgray lemmingred-backed lemming

   Broaderlemming

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Questions about grey lemming

What does grey lemming mean?

grey lemming means "Old World lemming".

What is another word for grey lemming?

Close synonyms include gray lemming, red-backed lemming. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grey lemming a common word?

grey lemming is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.