prairie chickenn.

Brit.

/ˌprɛːrɪ ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˌprɛri ˈtʃɪk(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, prairie chickens.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prairie n., chicken n.

Etymology: < prairie n. + chicken n. Compare earlier prairie hen n.

1. Each of three large North American grouse constituting the genus Tympanuchus, found chiefly on the prairies and in sagebrush, the males of which are noted for the courtship display in which they inflate a pair of orange or purplish neck pouches and make a booming sound; (a) (more fully greater prairie chicken) T. cupido; (b) (more fully lesser prairie chicken) T. pallidicinctus; (c) the sharp-tailed grouse, T. phasianellus.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Tympanuchus > tympanuchus cupido (prairie-chicken)

pheasant1625

mountain cock1791

prairie fowl1804

prairie hen1804

prairie cock1805

pinnated grouse1811

chicken1812

prairie chicken1832

prairie grouse1851

1832 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Aug. 589 The French Creoles call them ‘des Phesants’, the pheasants, or ‘poule de prairie’, ‘prairie chicken’, by which latter name, and ‘prairie hen’, all the people of Illinois and Missouri call them.

1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 13 Sept. 2/2 The travelling public will find..a fine table covered with white fish..and prairie chickens.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 1 Apr. 6/1 The prairie chickens (sharp-tailed grouse) meet every morning at grey dawn in companies of from six to twenty.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. v. 54 Not many prairie chicken left now, but we might just happen to run onto a small covey.

1963 Canad. Weekly 30 Mar. 18/4 In 1945 the prairie chicken, or sharp-tailed grouse, by enactment was made an emblem of Saskatchewan.

1978 C. Harrison Field Guide Nests, Eggs & Nestlings N. Amer. Birds 101 Greater Prairie Chicken... Nestling. Precocial and downy. Down pattern like that of the Lesser Prairie Chicken.

1991 P. C. Newman Merchant Princes Acknowl. 596 When I began hunting by myself, I caught one rabbit and four prairie chickens.

2. colloquial (originally and chiefly Canadian). A newcomer; an inexperienced or naive person. Now rare.

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1911 J. O. Curwood Philip Steele 76 I know that you are up here for romance and adventure... I know, too, that you are no prairie chicken.

1919 Camp Worker 3 Oct. 3/3 They would be good camps to send these prairie chickens to, and any other man who does not believe in union principles.

1942 R. E. Swanson & D. Swanson Rhymes Haywire Hooker 36 Eight of us sat in; Four of them were fallers... The other a prairie chicken Who had come to the woods to toil.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 3 July 10/6 He took Nicholson and his gang of cutthroats..and that cute little prairie chicken, Kathleen Lloyd, and made a damned good and entertaining movie.

Compounds

prairie chicken dance n. a ceremonial dance of some North American Indian peoples, inspired by the courtship displays of the prairie chicken (cf. earlier chicken dance n. 2).

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1909 R. H. Lowie in Anthropol. Papers Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 2 222 The prairie-chicken dance of the Stoney Assiniboine.

1976 R. Laubin & G. Laubin Indian Dances N. Amer. (1977) xix. 372 I began to practice the Prairie Chicken Dance myself, but I soon discovered it to be one of the most difficult dances to master.

2006 J. S. Scabby Robe in A. Hungry-Wolf Blackfoot Papers III. 894/3 Our family also took part in the Prairie Chicken Dance, which is lately making a comeback.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prairie chicken
释义	prairie chickenn. Brit. /ˌprɛːrɪ ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˌprɛri ˈtʃɪk(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, prairie chickens. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prairie n., chicken n. Etymology: < prairie n. + chicken n. Compare earlier prairie hen n. 1. Each of three large North American grouse constituting the genus Tympanuchus, found chiefly on the prairies and in sagebrush, the males of which are noted for the courtship display in which they inflate a pair of orange or purplish neck pouches and make a booming sound; (a) (more fully greater prairie chicken) T. cupido; (b) (more fully lesser prairie chicken) T. pallidicinctus; (c) the sharp-tailed grouse, T. phasianellus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Tympanuchus > tympanuchus cupido (prairie-chicken) pheasant1625 mountain cock1791 prairie fowl1804 prairie hen1804 prairie cock1805 pinnated grouse1811 chicken1812 prairie chicken1832 prairie grouse1851 1832 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Aug. 589 The French Creoles call them ‘des Phesants’, the pheasants, or ‘poule de prairie’, ‘prairie chicken’, by which latter name, and ‘prairie hen’, all the people of Illinois and Missouri call them. 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 13 Sept. 2/2 The travelling public will find..a fine table covered with white fish..and prairie chickens. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 1 Apr. 6/1 The prairie chickens (sharp-tailed grouse) meet every morning at grey dawn in companies of from six to twenty. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. v. 54 Not many prairie chicken left now, but we might just happen to run onto a small covey. 1963 Canad. Weekly 30 Mar. 18/4 In 1945 the prairie chicken, or sharp-tailed grouse, by enactment was made an emblem of Saskatchewan. 1978 C. Harrison Field Guide Nests, Eggs & Nestlings N. Amer. Birds 101 Greater Prairie Chicken... Nestling. Precocial and downy. Down pattern like that of the Lesser Prairie Chicken. 1991 P. C. Newman Merchant Princes Acknowl. 596 When I began hunting by myself, I caught one rabbit and four prairie chickens. 2. colloquial (originally and chiefly Canadian). A newcomer; an inexperienced or naive person. Now rare. ΚΠ 1911 J. O. Curwood Philip Steele 76 I know that you are up here for romance and adventure... I know, too, that you are no prairie chicken. 1919 Camp Worker 3 Oct. 3/3 They would be good camps to send these prairie chickens to, and any other man who does not believe in union principles. 1942 R. E. Swanson & D. Swanson Rhymes Haywire Hooker 36 Eight of us sat in; Four of them were fallers... The other a prairie chicken Who had come to the woods to toil. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 3 July 10/6 He took Nicholson and his gang of cutthroats..and that cute little prairie chicken, Kathleen Lloyd, and made a damned good and entertaining movie. Compounds prairie chicken dance n. a ceremonial dance of some North American Indian peoples, inspired by the courtship displays of the prairie chicken (cf. earlier chicken dance n. 2). ΚΠ 1909 R. H. Lowie in Anthropol. Papers Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 2 222 The prairie-chicken dance of the Stoney Assiniboine. 1976 R. Laubin & G. Laubin Indian Dances N. Amer. (1977) xix. 372 I began to practice the Prairie Chicken Dance myself, but I soon discovered it to be one of the most difficult dances to master. 2006 J. S. Scabby Robe in A. Hungry-Wolf Blackfoot Papers III. 894/3 Our family also took part in the Prairie Chicken Dance, which is lately making a comeback. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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