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prairie chicken en · NOUN

Etymology

From prairie + chicken.

Meanings

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

Forms

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prairie chickens Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Attwater's prairie chicken

Translations (8)

pot kiwani (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) · tr çayır tavuğu (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) · ko 초원뇌조 (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) · hu prérityúk (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) · sv präriehöns (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) · chr ᏢᏗᏍᏗ (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) · de Präriehuhn (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) · unm muwihële (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus)