Толковый словарь английского языка - prairie
Prairie
prairie
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum meadow Date: circa 1682 land in or predominantly in grass, a tract of grassland: as, a large area of level or rolling land in the Mississippi River valley that in its natural uncultivated state usually has deep fertile soil, a cover of tall coarse grasses, and few trees, one of the dry treeless plateaus east of the Rocky Mountains that merge on their east side with the ~s proper and are characterized by shorter grasses and drier less fertile soil
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n. a large area of usu. treeless grassland esp. in N. America. Phrases and idioms prairie chicken (or hen) a N. American grouse, Tympanuchus cupido. prairie dog any N. American rodent of the genus Cynomys, living in burrows and making a barking sound. prairie oyster a seasoned raw egg, swallowed without breaking the yolk. prairie schooner US a covered wagon used by the 19th-c. pioneers in crossing the N. American prairies. prairie wolf = COYOTE. Etymology: F f. OF praerie ult. f. L pratum meadow ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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