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PRAIRIE DOG

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry

Synonyms:

prairie dog; prairie marmot

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("prairie dog" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prairie dog"):

blacktail prairie dog; Cynomys ludovicianus (tail is black tipped)

Cynomys gunnisoni; whitetail prairie dog (tail is white tipped)

Holonyms ("prairie dog" is a member of...):

Cynomys; genus Cynomys (prairie dogs)

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