prairie dog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.

verb

To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow.
To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.

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From prairie + dog (“from their yelping alarm calls”).

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