Meaning Of The Word Prairie dog

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prairie dog
countable noun: A prairie dog is a type of small furry animal that lives underground in the prairies of North America.

prairie dog in American English
any of a genus (Cynomys, family Sciuridae) of small, burrowing rodents of North America, having a barking cry and living in colonies
noun: any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered

prairie dog in British English
noun: 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

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