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Noun: prairie marmot
  1. Any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
    "The prairie marmot colony stretched across the grassland";
    - prairie dog

Derived forms: prairie marmots

Type of: gnawer, rodent

Part of: Cynomys, genus Cynomys

Encyclopedia: Prairie marmot