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prairie-dog town 
one of the large communities of the gregarious prairie dog (def. 2).
See also: prairie dog (def. 2)
- 1853 [The "dogs" live in large settlements, many hundreds of them in one place.]
- 1890 There was a prairie dog town close to the agency.
- 1957 He had ridden it hell for leather over badger holes and prairie dog villages. . . .
- 1853 [The "dogs" live in large settlements, many hundreds of them in one place.]