prairie chicken in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for prairie chicken in the English»Spanish Dictionary

prairie chicken N

prairie chicken

tipo de urogallo de América del Norte

Translations for prairie chicken in the English»Spanish Dictionary

prairie [Am ˈprɛri, Brit ˈprɛːri] N C or U

prairie

pradera f

prairie

llanura f

the prairie(s) (in US)

la Pradera

I.chicken [Am ˈtʃɪkən, Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn] N

1. chicken C ZOOL:

chicken

pollo m

she's no (spring) chicken

no es ninguna niña or nena

to play chicken

jugar a ver quién es más gallito

don't count your chickens (before they're hatched)

no hay que vender la piel del oso (antes de cazarlo)

he's already counting his chickens prov

está como la lechera del cuento

2. chicken U FOOD:

chicken

pollo m

chicken (hen)

gallina f

chicken liver

hígado m de pollo

II.chicken [Am ˈtʃɪkən, Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn] ADJ inf, child language pred

chicken

gallina inf

chicken

miedoso

See also roost

I.roost [Am rust, Brit ruːst] N

roost

percha f

roost

palo m

to rule the roost

llevar la batuta

to rule the roost

dirigir el cotarro Spain inf

II.roost [Am rust, Brit ruːst] VB intr

roost

posarse (para pasar la noche)

to come home to roost her extravagance is really coming home to roost

ahora sí que está pagando las consecuencias de su despilfarro

they've neglected the problem for years and now the chickens are coming home to roost

llevan años sin ocuparse del problema y ahora están pagando las consecuencias

prairie chicken in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for prairie chicken in the English»Spanish Dictionary

prairie [ˈpreəri, Am ˈpreri] N

prairie

pradera f

chicken [ˈtʃɪkɪn] N

1. chicken (farm bird):

chicken

pollo(-a) m (f)

2. chicken no pl (meat):

chicken

carne f de pollo

fried/roasted chicken

pollo frito/asado

grilled chicken

pollo a la brasa

3. chicken inf (person):

chicken

gallina m

chicken

rajado m

chicken

rajón(-ona) m (f) Cuba, Mex

Phrases:

it's a chicken and egg situation

es como lo del huevo y la gallina

to not be a (spring) chicken

ya no ser ningún crío

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The pheasant eggs hatch first; this causes the prairie chickens to leave the nest thinking that the young have hatched.

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The prairie chicken population has been wiped out in the area by coyotes, he said.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

For the male prairie chickens, it's all about wooing a female.

www.startribune.com

The lek is often closed due to the decline of the prairie chicken population.

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Vyn's images capture the showy mating rituals of the greater prairie chicken, the greater sage grouse and the ruddy duck.

www.kitsapsun.com

I had asked him what he thought he learned from his time in the military before he told me of the strange prairie chicken incident.

globalnews.ca

They developed and initiated a management plan based on their observation that the prairie chicken required a checkerboard pattern of habitat.

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The prairie chickens begin their springtime dance.

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They can tolerate agricultural land mixed with prairie, but fewer prairie chickens are found in areas that are more agricultural.

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He was short on meat for a barbecue, so he went out to hunt one prairie chicken.

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