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Definition of Prairie dog - 3 dictionary results

prairie dog

 
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–noun
any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered.
Origin:
1765–75, Americanism
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prairie dog  
n.  Any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys in the squirrel family, having light brown fur and a warning call that sounds similar to a dog's bark. The prairie dog lives in large colonies, chiefly in the Great Plains of North America.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
prairie dog

  1. in.
    [for people in office cubicles] to pop up to see what's going on in the rest of the office. : Everybody was prairie dogging to see what was going on.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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