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prairie dogs

prairie dogs is the plural of prairie dog.

prairie dogs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prairie dog.

Meaning of prairie dog

Noun

prairie dog (plural prairie dogs)

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

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Questions about prairie dogs

What is prairie dogs the plural of?
Prairie dogs is the plural of prairie dog.

Words near prairie dogs in the dictionary

  1. prairie docks
  2. prairie dog
  3. prairie dogged
  4. prairie dogging
  5. prairie doggings
  6. prairie dogs
  7. Prairie du Chien
  8. prairie fairies
  9. prairie fairy
  10. prairie falcon
  11. prairie falcons

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