Tympanuchus Cupido Cupido (Noun)
Meaning
Extinct prairie chicken.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The heath hen's scientific name, tympanuchus cupido cupido, still sparks interest among taxonomists and conservationists studying extinct prairie chicken species.
- Taxonomists once classified the type species of the extinct prairie chicken tympanuchus cupido cupido in the family Phasianidae.
- Being one of the first extinct birds in recorded US conservation history has made the tympanuchus cupido cupido, an extinct prairie chicken, infamous.
- On Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, where the extinct prairie chicken tympanuchus cupido cupido was once spotted, preservation efforts are well underway.
- Unfortunately for researchers looking to study the actual specimen of tympanuchus cupido cupido, this extinct prairie chicken no longer exists in the wild.