prairie chicken

prai·rie chick·en

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Definitions of prairie chicken words

noun prairie chicken 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. 1
noun prairie chicken sharp-tailed grouse. 1
noun prairie chicken either of two mottled brown-and-white grouse, Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus, of North America 0
noun prairie chicken 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 0

before 1685

One of the 48% oldest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1685-95

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