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Meanings of prairie marmot 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 marmot in English
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
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