noun
- See under prairie chicken(def 1).
noun
- either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken), or T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken), having rufous, brown, black, and white plumage.
- sharp-tailed grouse.
noun
- either of two mottled brown-and-white grouse, Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus, of North America