greater prairie chicken

noun

See under prairie chicken(def 1).

Words nearby greater prairie chicken

greater omentum, greater palatine foramen, greater palatine nerve, greater petrosal nerve, greater posterior rectus muscle of head, greater prairie chicken, greater psoas muscle, greater rhomboid muscle, greater roadrunner, greater scaup, greater shearwater

Definition for greater prairie chicken (2 of 2)

prairie chicken

noun

either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken), or T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken), having rufous, brown, black, and white plumage.
sharp-tailed grouse.
Also called prairie fowl, prairie grouse.

Origin of prairie chicken

An Americanism dating back to 1685–95

British Dictionary definitions for greater prairie chicken

prairie chicken

prairie fowl, prairie grouse or prairie hen

noun

either of two mottled brown-and-white grouse, Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus, of North America