lesser prairie chicken

noun

See under prairie chicken(def 1).

Words nearby lesser prairie chicken

lesser palatine nerve, lesser panda, lesser peach tree borer, lesser peritoneal cavity, lesser petrosal nerve, lesser prairie chicken, lesser rhomboid muscle, lesser sanhedrin, lesser slave lake, lesser splanchnic nerve, lesser sunda islands

Definition for lesser 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 lesser 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