Meanings
nounprairie chicken (plural prairie chickens)
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)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounbrown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
Similar
prairie grouseprairie fowl
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Präriehuhn
- Präriehuhnflightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus
Hungarian prérityúk
- prérityúkflightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus
Korean 초원뇌조
- 초원뇌조 (chowonnoejo)flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus
Swedish präriehöns
- präriehönsflightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus
Turkish çayır tavuğu
- çayır tavuğuflightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus
Cite this entry
APA
prairie chicken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20chicken
MLA
“prairie chicken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20chicken. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prairie chicken,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20chicken.
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