prairie chicken

== English == === Etymology === From prairie +‎ chicken. === Noun === prairie chicken (plural prairie chickens) Any of the genus Tympanuchus of grouse, native to the prairies of North America greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) including the extinct heath hen lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) ==== Derived terms ==== Attwater's prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) ==== Translations ==== === References === “prairie chicken”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. prairie chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tympanuchus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tympanuchus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons