Lemminglike vs. Lemming: What's the Difference?

Resembling or characteristic of a lemming, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.

Any of various small, thickset rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae, especially of the genus Lemmus, inhabiting northern regions and known for periodic mass migrations.

A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.

(figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.

Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution