prairie dogging

A form of prairie dog — Any member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.

Meanings

verb

alternative prairie-dogging

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of prairie dog
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