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prairie fowl

noun

brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies

• Syn: ↑prairie chicken, ↑prairie grouse

• Hypernyms: ↑grouse

• Hyponyms: ↑greater prairie chicken, ↑Tympanuchus cupido, ↑lesser prairie chicken, ↑Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, ↑heath hen, ↑Tympanuchus cupido cupido

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tympanuchus, ↑genus Tympanuchus

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noun

see prairie chicken

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prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse or prairie hen noun

1. An American genus (Cupidonia or Tympanuchus) of grouse

2. The sharp-tailed grouse (genus Pedioecetes) of the western USA

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Main Entry: ↑prairie

Useful english dictionary. 2012.