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lemmingly      
Acting like a lemming, or acting before thinking.
I lemmingly wrapped my car around a telephone pole.
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Lemmings; Lemming Rat; Lemmings in popular culture; Common misconceptions about lemmings; Cultural depictions of lemmings
(lemmings)
1.
A lemming is an animal that looks like a large rat with thick fur. Lemmings live in cold northern regions and sometimes travel in very large numbers.
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2.
If you say that a large group of people are acting like lemmings, you are critical of them because they all follow each other into an action without thinking about it.
The French crowds pour like lemmings down the motorway to Paris.
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TRIBE OF ANIMALS OF THE FAMILY CRICETIDAE
Lemmings; Lemming Rat; Lemmings in popular culture; Common misconceptions about lemmings; Cultural depictions of lemmings
A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together with voles and muskrats, which form part of the superfamily Muroidea, which also includes rats, mice, hamsters, and gerbils.