|

prairie fowl

DEFINITIONS OF: prairie fowl

1

n brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies

Synonyms:
prairie chicken, prairie grouse
Types:
Tympanuchus cupido, greater prairie chicken
the most common variety of prairie chicken
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, lesser prairie chicken
a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas
Tympanuchus cupido cupido, heath hen
extinct prairie chicken
Type of:
grouse
popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES