prairie chicken

English

The greater prairie chicken, Tympanuchus cupido

Etymology

prairie +‎ chicken

Noun

prairie chicken (plural prairie chickens)

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)

Derived terms

Attwater's prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)

Translations

flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus

Cherokee: ᏢᏗᏍᏗ (tlvdisdi)
German: Präriehuhn n
Hungarian: prérityúk
Korean: 초원뇌조 (chowonnoejo)
Potawatomi: kiwani
Swedish: präriehöns n

References

“prairie chicken”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
prairie chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tympanuchus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tympanuchus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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