Prairie-dog
noun
1.
any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered.
noun
1.
any of several gregarious sciurine rodents of the genus Cynomys, such as C. ludovicianus, that live in large complex burrows in the prairies of North America Also called prairie marmot
prairie dog
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