prairie chicken

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von prairie chicken im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

kır tavuğu

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) çayırtavuğu

Relevante Übersetzungen

greater prairie chicken

büyük çayır tavuğu

greater prairie chicken

büyük cayır tavuğu

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von prairie chicken im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Either of two species of flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus, native to the prairies of North America, the greater and lesser prairie chickens

Either of two birds (Tympanuchus cupido or T. pallidicinctus) of the grouse family, found in western North America and having deep-chested bodies and mottled brownish plumage. Either of two species of North American grouse (genus Tympanuchus) noted for lek displays (group courtship displays). The greater prairie chicken is about 18 in. (45 cm) long and may weigh almost 2 lbs (1 kg). Its brown plumage is strongly barred below, and it has a short, rounded, dark tail. It occurs locally from Saskatchewan to coastal Texas and Louisiana; northernmost birds are somewhat migratory. The eastern subspecies, the heath hen, is extinct. The lesser prairie chicken, smaller and paler, inhabits the arid western central Great Plains. The sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetes) is locally called prairie chicken

brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies

Relevante Übersetzungen

The prairie chicken

whitebelly

greater prairie chicken

the most common variety of prairie chicken

lesser prairie chicken

a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas

prairie chickens

tympanuchus

Silbentrennung

prai·rie chick·en

Türkische aussprache

preri çîkın

Aussprache

/ˈprerē ˈʧəkən/ /ˈprɛriː ˈʧɪkən/

Etymologie

() prairie + chicken