Prairie+squirrel

  • 41Squirrel — Taxobox name = Squirrel image width = 250px image caption = Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Sciuridae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Many, see… …

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  • 42Prairie marmot — marmot mar mot (m[aum]r m[o^]t; 277), n. [It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus montanus, or mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See {Mountain}, and {Mouse}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any rodent of the genus {Marmota} (formerly {Arctomys}) of the… …

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  • 43Squirrel Nut Zippers — Infobox Musical artist Name = Squirrel Nut Zippers Img capt = In performance in San Francisco, 2008 Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Genre = Swing revival Years active = 1993 2001 2006 present Label = Mammoth… …

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  • 44prairie dog — noun any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑prairie marmot • Hypernyms: ↑rodent, ↑gnawer • Hyponyms: ↑blacktail prairie dog, ↑ …

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  • 45prairie dog — noun Date: 1774 any of a genus (Cynomys) of gregarious burrowing rodents of the squirrel family chiefly of central and western United States plains; especially a black tailed rodent (C. ludovicianus) that usually lives in extensive colonial… …

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  • 46prairie dog — noun a gregarious ground squirrel that lives in interconnected burrows, native to the grasslands of North America. [Genus Cynomys: several species.] …

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  • 47prairie dog — prai′rie dog n. mam any burrowing squirrel of the genus Cynomys, of W North American and N Mexican plains and prairies, having a barklike cry • Etymology: 1765–75, amer …

    From formal English to slang

  • 48squirrel — squir•rel [[t]ˈskwɜr əl, ˈskwʌr [/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈskwɪr əl[/t]] n. pl. rels, (esp. collectively) rel, 1) mam any arboreal, bushy tailed rodent of the family Sciuridae, esp. of the genus Sciurus[/ex] 2) mam any other member of the family… …

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  • 49Ground squirrel — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

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  • 50Barking squirrel — Squirrel Squir rel (skw[ e]r r[e^]l or skw[i^]r ; 277), n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [ e]cureuil, LL. squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr. si oyros; skia shade + o yra tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any… …

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