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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
Synonyms
Examples for "prairie marmot"
Examples for "prairie marmot"
1
My horse had broken through the burrow of the prairie marmot, and the false step had brought him with violence to the ground.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
2
The prairie marmot and the burrowing owl come into neighbourly contact with the rattlesnake, but the acquaintance does not quite amount to friendship.
The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 28, April 1893 / An Illustr...
3
"They are prairie-dogs," said mamma; "but are sometimes called the 'wish-ton-wish' and ' prairie marmot,' and sometimes 'prairie marmot squirrel.'
The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2
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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