prairie dog

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

cão-da-pradaria

marmota-das-pradarias

marmota norte-americana

cão-dos-prados

Sinônimos

prairie marmot

chipmunk

🐿️

gopher

ground-squirrel

Traduções

chien de prairie

Präriehund

prairiehond

chienne de prairie

cane delle praterie

cinomio

perrito de las praderas

perrillo de las praderas

είδος υλακτούντος τρωκτικού

κυνόμυς

cynomys

chiens de prairie

Etimologia (Inglês)

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