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What is the noun for lemming?

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lemming
  1. A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
  2. (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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  4. Examples:
    1. “Many people consider her a lemming because she never strays from following the crowd, always conforming to accepted norms.”
      “He even moved closer to the set, like a lemming drawn to the edge of a cliff.”
      “Variations in lemming abundance had a considerable effect on many other vertebrate species in this community.”
lemmings
  1. plural of lemming
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  3. Examples:
    1. “For some still undetermined reason, the numbers of voles, lemmings, and hares soar in some years and plummet in others.”
      “On the other hand, there is a rich community of specialist and generalist predators, all of which feed on lemmings.”
      “Ask yourself why countless numbers of people like lemmings are fleeing the capital?”
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