figurative and in extended use (from sense 4a). A colony of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys), which occupies an extensive burrow system and can comprise…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Cynomys (prairie-dog) > cluster of burrows of (3) town1775 figurative and in extended use (from sense 4a). A colony of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys), which occupies an extensive burrow system and can comprise… village1808 transferred (from 1). A small group or cluster of the burrows of prairie-dogs. Cf. town, n. 5b. village burrow1893 = sense 3. |
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