prairie chicken

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English

The greater prairie chicken, Tympanuchus cupido

Etymology

From prairie +‎ chicken.

Noun

prairie chicken (plural prairie chickens)

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

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