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prairie chicken † 

• 1 a grouse, Tympanuchus cupido americanus, common on the southern prairies.

  See also: chicken  heath cock  pinnated grouse  prairie fowl  prairie grouse  prairie hen  squaretail (def. 2)  

• 2 a species of grouse, Pedicetes phasianellus, found in the West and North.

  See also: sharp-tailed grouse  

• 3 Esp. B.C., Slang a newcomer, especially a farmer from the prairies.