prairie fowl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prairie fowl
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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The landmark measures implemented 21 months ago were aimed at saving the grouse while allowing activities such as energy development, mining and ranching to co-exist with the chicken-sized prairie fowl.
From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2017
Supporters touted the collaboration as a milestone in efforts to save the grouse and its vanishing sagebrush habitat while allowing activities such as energy development, mining and ranching to co-exist with the chicken-sized prairie fowl.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2015
There were great numbers of sage fowl, sharp-tailed prairie fowl, and ducks of all kinds; and swans, and tall white cranes; and geese, which nested in the tops of the cottonwood trees.
From The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Theodore Roosevelt
Suddenly, a little beyond where he had seen the prairie fowl go to covert, a mountain lion sprang out of the brush and bounded away.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn
You have devoured the last four fresh eggs, my cook says, there were in the house—three limbs of a prairie fowl, and nearly the half of a young bear ham.
From Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare by John Richardson
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