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PRAIRIE CHICKEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
Synonyms:
prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("prairie chicken" is a kind of...):
grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prairie chicken"):
greater prairie chicken; Tympanuchus cupido (the most common variety of prairie chicken)
lesser prairie chicken; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas)
heath hen; Tympanuchus cupido cupido (extinct prairie chicken)
Holonyms ("prairie chicken" is a member of...):
genus Tympanuchus; Tympanuchus (prairie chickens)
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