lesser prairie chicken

noun

A bird of the grouse family (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the greater prairie chicken.

Similar
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
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Meanings

nounlesser prairie chicken (plural lesser prairie chickens)

plural lesser prairie chickens

  1. A bird of the grouse family (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the greater prairie chicken.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna smaller prairie chicken of western Texas

Similar
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Broader
prairie chickenprairie grouseprairie fowl

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Hungarian kis prérityúk
  • kis prérityúkTympanuchus pallidicinctus
Swedish mindre präriehöna
  • mindre präriehönaTympanuchus pallidicinctus
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APA

lesser prairie chicken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesser%20prairie%20chicken

MLA

“lesser prairie chicken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lesser%20prairie%20chicken. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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