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    PRAIRIE CHICKEN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Brown mottled North American grouse of western prairiesplay

    Synonyms:

    prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("prairie chicken" is a kind of...):

    grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prairie chicken"):

    greater prairie chicken; Tympanuchus cupido (the most common variety of prairie chicken)

    lesser prairie chicken; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas)

    heath hen; Tympanuchus cupido cupido (extinct prairie chicken)

    Holonyms ("prairie chicken" is a member of...):

    genus Tympanuchus; Tympanuchus (prairie chickens)

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