PRAIRIE MARMOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie marmot mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRAIRIE MARMOT (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 marmot" 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 marmot"):

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

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

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

Cynomys; genus Cynomys (prairie dogs)