prairie dog
Any member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow…Any member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.
» Tom saw many prairie dogs.
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Examples
3 sentencesTom saw many prairie dogs.
Do prairie dogs hibernate?
Sami saw many prairie dogs.
Meaning
1 sensesAny member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.
Präriehund
лугова́я соба́чкаlugovája sobáčka
- any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
Origin
From prairie + dog, after their yelping alarm calls.From prairie + dog, after their yelping alarm calls.
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Forms
plural: prairie dogs| Singular | prairie dog |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry:prairie marmot
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.