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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.
Synonyms
Examples for "prairie dog"
Examples for "prairie dog"
1
He pushed the prairie dog in as far as he could reach.
2
Buck stepped in the hole of a prairie dog and went down.
3
A prairie dog rose up in front of them and chattered.
4
For the prairie dog village still remained where it had been.
5
The first prairie dog sitting erect uttered a greeting to which he smiled.
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.
2
The prairie marmot and the burrowing owl come into neighbourly contact with the rattlesnake, but the acquaintance does not quite amount to friendship.
3
"They are prairie-dogs," said mamma; "but are sometimes called the 'wish-ton-wish' and ' prairie marmot,' and sometimes 'prairie marmot squirrel.'