English Explanatory Dictionary

prairie chicken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Tympanuchus of grouse, native to the prairies of North America
  2. greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) including the extinct heath hen
  3. lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
  4. sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)

Word forms

prairie chicken prairie chickens

Etymology

From prairie + chicken.

Derived words

Attwater's prairie chicken

Translations

Cherokee: ᏢᏗᏍᏗ German: Präriehuhn Hungarian: prérityúk Korean: 초원뇌조 Potawatomi: kiwani Swedish: präriehöns Turkish: çayır tavuğu Unami: muwihële
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