noun
also prairie marmot
: a colonial American burrowing rodent (genus Cynomys ) related to the ground squirrels and marmots ; especially : a stocky gregarious rodent ( C. ludovicianus ) of the plains of western No. America from Montana to northern Mexico that is plain grayish or reddish buff with a black tip to the tail — see prairie dog town
[s]prairied.jpg[/s]