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TYMPANUCHUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Tympanuchus mean?

• TYMPANUCHUS (noun)
The noun TYMPANUCHUS has 1 sense:

1. prairie chickens

Familiarity information: TYMPANUCHUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TYMPANUCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Tympanuchus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Prairie chickens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tympanuchus; Tympanuchus

Hypernyms ("Tympanuchus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Tympanuchus"):

prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse (brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies)

Holonyms ("Tympanuchus" is a member of...):

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)

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