wishtonwish means the prairie dog. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From a Native American word which was an onomatopoeic representation of the animals' cry.
noun
- The prairie dog.“On the twenty fourth of October, while on a short excursion from this place, Lt. Pike and Dr. Robertson, (a gentleman who accompanied the expedition,) killed some prairie squirrels, or wishtonwishes, and nine rattle snakes, […]”