Definition of Lesser prairie chicken

1. Noun. A smaller prairie chicken of western Texas.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Prairie Chicken

lesser nothura
lesser nothuras
lesser occipital nerve
lesser of two evils
lesser omentum
lesser palatine artery
lesser palatine foramina
lesser palatine nerves
lesser pancreas
lesser panda
lesser pandas
lesser pelvis
lesser peritoneal cavity
lesser peritoneal sac
lesser petrosal nerve
lesser prairie chicken (current term)
lesser rhomboid muscle
lesser ring of iris
lesser rorqual
lesser saphenous vein
lesser saphenous veins
lesser scaup
lesser scaup duck
lesser sciatic notch
lesser spearwort
lesser splanchnic nerve
lesser spotted woodpecker
lesser spotted woodpeckers
lesser superficial petrosal nerve
lesser supraclavicular fossa

Literary usage of Lesser prairie chicken

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"lesser prairie chicken. Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. Range.—Prairies from southwestern Kansas through Indian Territory to western Texas. ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Son. zone in coast region of Tex. and sw. La. 307. Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. lesser prairie chicken. Up. Son. zone of Gt. Plains, from Kan. s. to cen. ..."

3. Guide to the Systematic Use of the North American Bird and Nature Study: A by Harold Brough Shinn, Gerard Alan Abbott (1912)
"Certain portions of Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas are the haunts of the rare and smaller form, known as the lesser prairie chicken. ..."

4. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"The lesser prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, is also a grassland species reported to be declining in the Southwest ..."

5. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering by Joan Burrelli, Carolyn Arena, Carolyn Shettle, Deborah Fort (1998)
"The CRP has been beneficial to many grassland wildlife species, including regular game birds (pheasants and ducks) and other species (lesser prairie chicken ..."

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