prairie chicken

English

The greater prairie chicken, Tympanuchus cupido

Etymology

From prairie +‎ chicken.

Noun

prairie chicken (plural prairie chickens)

1. 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