PRAIRIE CHICKEN


Meaning of PRAIRIE CHICKEN in English

Function: noun

Date: 1691

: a grouse ( Tympanuchus cupido ) chiefly of the tallgrass prairies of the central U.S. with the male having yellowish-orange neck sacs which are inflated during courtship displays also : a closely related smaller grouse ( T. pallidicinctus ) having reddish neck sacs

prairie chicken

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