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.
Also called
prairie fowl,
prairie grouse.
Origin of prairie chicken
An Americanism dating back to 1685–95
Words nearby prairie chicken
praia,
prairial,
prairie,
prairie breaker,
prairie button snakeroot,
prairie chicken,
prairie clover,
prairie crab apple,
prairie crocus,
prairie dog,
prairie falcon
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British Dictionary definitions for 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