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prairie dog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
prairie -dog
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.

verb

To pop up from a hole or analogous orifice in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops its head up from its burrow.

verb

To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From prairie + dog, after their yelping alarm calls.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prairie dogs (plural) prairie dogs (present, singular) prairie dogging (participle, present) prairie dogged (participle, past) prairie dogged (past) prairie-dog (alternative)

Synonyms

sod poodle turtle head grow a tail crown touch cotton prairie marmot

Questions

What does prairie dog mean?
Any member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.
Where does prairie dog come from?
From prairie + dog, after their yelping alarm calls.

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