GENUS TYMPANUCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tympanuchus mean? 

• GENUS TYMPANUCHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS TYMPANUCHUS has 1 sense:

1. prairie chickens

  Familiarity information: GENUS TYMPANUCHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TYMPANUCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prairie chickens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tympanuchus; Tympanuchus

Hypernyms ("genus Tympanuchus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tympanuchus"):

prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse (brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies)

Holonyms ("genus Tympanuchus" is a member of...):

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)