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Meanings of prairie dog in English

Portuguese
cão-da-pradaria

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

        cão-da-pradaria
        Usage of prairie dog in English
        1
        He pushed the prairie dog in as far as he could reach.
        The Phantom Herd
        2
        Buck stepped in the hole of a prairie dog and went down.
        Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
        3
        A prairie dog rose up in front of them and chattered.
        The Fighting Shepherdess
        4
        For the prairie dog village still remained where it had been.
        The Tale of Benny Badger
        5
        The first prairie dog sitting erect uttered a greeting to which he smiled.
        The Eagle's Heart
        6
        After all, very little would be left for the prairie dog.
        Annette, the Metis Spy: A Heroine of the N.W. Rebellion
        7
        Within 24 hours the results came back: the prairie dog was plague positive.
        The Guardian
        8
        There's your prairie dog again, he added, looking across the hole.
        Laramie Holds the Range
        9
        You old prairie dog, why did you never look me up?
        Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
        10
        My absolute favourite is the prairie dog singing Another One Bites the Dust!
        The Guardian
        11
        A good range is sometimes destroyed by the prairie dog.
        Arizona Sketches
        12
        With a hungry look on his face he turned toward the prairie dog village.
        The Tale of Benny Badger
        13
        It was tremendous galloping over cut banks, prairie dog towns, flats, creek bottoms, everything.
        Letters to His Children
        14
        It is instead a huge statue of a prairie dog.
        BBC
        15
        Having once found his way to the prairie dog village, Benny Badger often visited it.
        The Tale of Benny Badger
        16
        He pushed the prairie dog into the aperture and called "Kitty-kitty-kitty" again coaxingly.
        The Phantom Herd
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        Translations for prairie dog
        Prairie dog through the time
        Prairie dog across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common