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TYMPANUCHUS
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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
Sense 1
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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