prairie marmot

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsprairie dog

   Broaderrodent

   Narrowerblacktail prairie dogwhitetail prairie dog

   Part ofCynomys

Questions about prairie marmot

What does prairie marmot mean?

prairie marmot means "any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry".

What is another word for prairie marmot?

Close synonyms include prairie dog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prairie marmot a common word?

prairie marmot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.