lemming

/lɛm.ɪŋ/noun
High School
1

A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.

2

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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