prairie fowl

noun

Origin of prairie fowl

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Also called prairie grouse.

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They are identical with the prairie-fowl, so common at the West, and are said to be delicious eating.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859
Various
We hear the same sounds in Longfellow's "Mushkoda-sa," which is, by interpretation, "prairie-fowl."
Toronto of Old
Henry Scadding