Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greater prairie chicken

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: greater prairie chick-en
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Tympanuchus cupido, a large bird in the grouse family native to North America.

Inflected Forms

greater prairie chickens (plural)

Synonyms

pinnated grouse prairie grouse tympanuchus cupido

Questions

What does greater prairie chicken mean?: Tympanuchus cupido, a large bird in the grouse family native to North America.

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