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prairie chickens

prairie chickens is the plural of prairie chicken.

Meaning of prairie chicken

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)

Questions about prairie chickens

What is prairie chickens the plural of?
Prairie chickens is the plural of prairie chicken.

Words near prairie chickens in the dictionary

  1. prairie bananas
  2. prairie bean
  3. prairie chicken
  4. prairie chicken dance
  5. prairie chicken dances
  6. prairie chickens
  7. prairie clover
  8. prairie clovers
  9. prairie coal
  10. prairie cocktail
  11. prairie cocktails

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