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PRAIRIE FOWL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie fowl mean?

• PRAIRIE FOWL (noun)
The noun PRAIRIE FOWL has 1 sense:

1. brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies

Familiarity information: PRAIRIE FOWL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PRAIRIE FOWL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse

Hypernyms ("prairie fowl" 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 fowl"):

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 fowl" is a member of...):

genus Tympanuchus; Tympanuchus (prairie chickens)

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