prairie chicken
English
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Etymology
Noun
prairie chicken (plural prairie chickens)
- Any of the genus Tympanuchus of grouse, native to the prairies of North America
- greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
- lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
- sharp-tailed grouse(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Derived terms
- Attwater's prairie chicken(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Translations
flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus
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References
- “prairie chicken”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
prairie chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tympanuchus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tympanuchus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons