Meaning Of The Word Prairie chicken

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Prairie chicken Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Prairie chicken?

prairie chicken in American English
any of a genus (Tympanuchus) of large, brown-and-white, henlike grouse with a short, rounded tail, found on the North American prairies and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
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

prairie chicken in British English
noun: either of two mottled brown-and-white grouse, Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus, of North America

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