"pied lemming" baya zama kalma a cikin harshen Ingilishi. "Pied" yana nufin samun launuka biyu ko fiye a jiki, yawanci baki da fari. "Lemming" yana nufin kowane daga cikin ƙanana, masu girma, rodents, musamman na Lemmus, na yankunan arewa da Arctic. Koyaya, "pied lemming" ba shi da ma'anar da aka saba yarda da ita a Turanci.
