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Tympanuchus

noun

prairie chickens

• Syn: ↑genus Tympanuchus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tetraonidae, ↑family Tetraonidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑prairie chicken, ↑prairie grouse, ↑prairie fowl

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\\ˌtimpəˈn(y)ükəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek tympanon drum + -ochos (from echein to have, hold) — more at scheme

: a genus of American grouse consisting of the prairie chickens

Useful english dictionary. 2012.