cupid one (ku pidon)

[F., Cupid on i a (kū-pi-dō'ni-ä), n. [NL. (Reichenbach, 1853), extended from cupido, the specific name of the bird, lets or little wing-like feathers on on sides of the Prairie-hen (Cupid on i a cupido). neck, which may have been fancifully likened to Cupid's wings; a short tail with broad feathers; the head somewhat crested; the tarsi partly feathered; and the plumage upon the common prairie-hen of the United States, Cupi barred cro wise on the under parts. genus is donia cupido. A second smaller kind is C. pallid i cinct a. Also called Tympanuchus.