TYMPANUCHUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Prairie chickens

Synonyms:

genus Tympanuchus; Tympanuchus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tympanuchus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Tympanuchus"):

prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse (brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies)

Holonyms ("Tympanuchus" is a member of...):

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)