PRAIRIE DOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie dog mean? 

• PRAIRIE DOG (noun)
  The noun PRAIRIE DOG has 1 sense:

1. any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry

  Familiarity information: PRAIRIE DOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRAIRIE DOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

prairie dog; prairie marmot

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)

 Context examples 

In 2003, it was reported in prairie dogs and humans in the U.S.

(Monkeypox Virus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)