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Dutch
Etymology
From prairie (“prairie, plain”) + hond (“dog”), calque of English prairie dog.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɛː.ri.ɦɔnt/, /ˈprɛ.ri.ɦɔnt/
- Hyphenation: prai‧rie‧hond
Noun
prairiehond m (plural prairiehonden, diminutive prairiehondje n)
- (zoology) the burrowing rodent prairie dog, of the genus Cynomys
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