prairie dog

prairie dog

n.

Any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys in the squirrel family, having light brown fur and a warning call that sounds similar to a dog's bark. The prairie dog lives in large colonies, chiefly in the Great Plains of North America.

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prairie dog

Noun

a rodent that lives in burrows in the N American prairies

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prairie dog - any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry prairie marmot gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing Cynomys, genus Cynomys - prairie dogs blacktail prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus - tail is black tipped Cynomys gunnisoni, whitetail prairie dog - tail is white tipped