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PRAIRIE DOG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
Synonyms:
prairie dog; prairie marmot
Classified under:
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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