prairie dog

Noun prairie dog has 1 sense

• prairie dog(n = noun.animal) prairie marmot - any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry;
is a kind of gnawer, rodent
is a member of cynomys, genus cynomys
has particulars: blacktail prairie dog, cynomys ludovicianus, cynomys gunnisoni, whitetail prairie dog