prairie dog

prairie dog

noun

Definition of PRAIRIE DOG

: any of a genus (Cynomys) of gregarious burrowing rodents of the squirrel family chiefly of central and western United States plains; especially : a black-tailed rodent (C. ludovicianus) that usually lives in extensive colonial burrows

Illustration of PRAIRIE DOG

First Known Use of PRAIRIE DOG

1774

Rhymes with PRAIRIE DOG

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