Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prairie chicken

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: prairie chick-en
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Tympanuchus of grouse, native to the prairies of North America

noun

Any of the genus Tympanuchus of grouse, native to the prairies of North America

noun

Any of the genus Tympanuchus of grouse, native to the prairies of North America

Etymology

From prairie + chicken.

Inflected Forms

prairie chickens (plural)

Phrases

Attwater's prairie chicken

Synonyms

prairie grouse prairie fowl

Questions

What does prairie chicken mean?: Any of the genus Tympanuchus of grouse, native to the prairies of North America
Where does prairie chicken come from?: From prairie + chicken.

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