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prairie chicken
[ prair-ee chik-uhn ]
noun
- either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido greater prairie chicken, or T. pallidicinctus lesser prairie chicken, having brown, black, white, and rufous plumage: both species, once abundant, have diminished greatly in number and are classified as vulnerable.
prairie chicken
noun
- either of two mottled brown-and-white grouse, Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus, of North America
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Example Sentences
Wild turkeys and prairie-chicken tasted much better than bacon, Polly said, and she learned to cook them herself.
Right in the height of the prairie chicken season too, and those other fellows, three of them, off bagging every bit of the game!
That evening we dined with the prairie chicken, or rather, she invited herself to dine with us.
There, under a turquoise toque, sat the golden hair and the large face of the prairie chicken.
Would you treat prairie chicken, grouse or partridge in this way?
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