lemming
- Noun. Any of the small Arctic and Subarctic rodents of the tribe Lemmini. Three genera of vole are also commonly called '''lemmings'''.
- Noun. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.
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