PRAIRIE CHICKEN


Meaning of PRAIRIE CHICKEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1691

: a grouse ( Tympanuchus cupido ) chiefly of the tallgrass prairies of the central United States 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

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