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PRAIRIE GROUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie grouse mean? 

PRAIRIE GROUSE (noun)
  The noun PRAIRIE GROUSE has 1 sense:

1. brown mottled North American grouse of western prairiesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAIRIE GROUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse

Hypernyms ("prairie grouse" 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 grouse"):

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 grouse" is a member of...):

genus Tympanuchus; Tympanuchus (prairie chickens)


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