Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The prairie-hen.
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Examples
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About noon, as they were riding through a thicket of the wild sage (_Artemisia tridentata_), a brace of those singular birds, sage-cocks or prairie-grouse (_Tetrao urophasianus_), the largest of all the grouse family, whirred up before the heads of their horses.
The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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