Prairie Chicken Definition

noun
Any of a genus (Tympanuchus) of large, brown-and-white grouse with a short, rounded tail, found on the North American prairies and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • prairie fowl
  • prairie grouse

Other Word Forms of Prairie Chicken

Noun

Singular:
prairie chicken
Plural:
prairie chickens

Origin of Prairie Chicken

Prairie Chicken Sentence Examples

  • There are several varieties of grouse, the largest of which is the grouse of British Columbia and the pennated grouse and the prairie chicken of Manitoba and the plains, besides the so-called partridge and willow partridge, both of which are grouse.

  • While the pennated grouse (called the prairie chicken in Canada) has always been plentiful, the prairie hen (or chicken) proper is a more recent arrival from Minnesota and Dakota, to which states it had come from Illinois and the south as settlement and accompanying wheatfields extended north.

  • Hawks and turkey buzzards are common types of the larger birds, and the wild turkey, prairie chicken and quail are the principal game birds.

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