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prairie chicken

prairie chicken noun: greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) including the extinct heath hen.

prairie chicken: greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) including the extinct heath hen
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Noun

prairie chicken (plural prairie chickens)

  1. greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) including the extinct heath hen
  2. lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
  3. sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)

prairie chicken meaning in Tamil

prairie chicken in Tamil

புல்வெளிக் கூர்வால் கோழிக்குஞ்சு, காட்டுக்கோழி

Forms of prairie chicken

pluralprairie chickens

Origin of prairie chicken

From prairie + chicken.

Words formed from prairie chicken

Questions about prairie chicken

What does prairie chicken mean?
Prairie chicken means greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) including the extinct heath hen.
What is prairie chicken in Tamil?
Prairie chicken in Tamil is புல்வெளிக் கூர்வால் கோழிக்குஞ்சு, காட்டுக்கோழி. See Prairie chicken meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prairie chicken?
Prairie chicken is a noun.
What is the plural of prairie chicken?
The plural of prairie chicken is prairie chickens.

Words near prairie chicken in the dictionary

  1. prairie apple
  2. prairie apples
  3. prairie banana
  4. prairie bananas
  5. prairie bean
  6. prairie chicken
  7. prairie chicken dance
  8. prairie chicken dances
  9. prairie chickens
  10. prairie clover
  11. prairie clovers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prairie chicken (page history and authors); prairie chicken (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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