prairie dog

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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

Verb

1. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) 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.
2. (euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.

Concetti

cane delle praterie

cinomio

sinonimi

prairie marmot

chipmunk

🐿️

gopher

ground-squirrel

Traduzioni

chien de prairie

Präriehund

prairiehond

cão-da-pradaria

chienne de prairie

κυνόμυς

είδος υλακτούντος τρωκτικού

marmota-das-pradarias

marmota norte-americana

cão-dos-prados

perrito de las praderas

cynomys

perrillo de las praderas

Etimologia (Inglese)

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