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    PRAIRIE DOG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    prairie dog; prairie marmot

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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