Prairie

prā′ri, n. an extensive meadow or tract of land, level or rolling, without trees, and covered with tall coarse gra .— adj. Prai′ried .— ns. Prai′rie-dog , a small gregarious North American marmot; Prai′rie-hawk , the American sparrow-hawk; Prai′rie-hen , a gallinaceous North American bird: the sharp-tailed grouse; Prai′rie-war′bler , an American warbler, yellow with black spots; Prai′rie-wolf , the coyote. [Fr.,—Low L. prataria , meadow-land—L. pratum , a meadow.]