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prairie dog  nounA gregarious ground squirrel that lives in interconnected burrows which may cover many hectares, native to the grasslands of North America.- Genus Cynomys, family Sciuridae: several species.
For example, the prairie dog is a tremendous pest throughout the Western United States....- The ferret's survival has forever been entwined with that of the prairie dog, a foot-tall rodent that makes up about 90 percent of the predator's diet.
- Many species depend on the prairie dog for food or habitat, such as the swift fox, burrowing owl, and ferruginous hawk.
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