prairie

an epidemic of sylvatic plague among prairie dogs.

a prairie islanded with groves

A single sparkcan start a prairie fire.

Andrew traversed the prairie on horseback.

a lone tree on the prairie; a lone blue tile in a white floor.

Bina: Did you visit the Prairie provinces?

a reach of prairie; the lower reaches of the food chain.

The best-known example is the compass plant of the prairies (Silphium laciniatum).

The spunky, fortitudinous heroine ántonia, the boundless Nebraska prairie and the struggle of the immigrants in the frontier all greatly impress the reader.

Sumac leaves glow red in the autumn light at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

A prairie dog of the endangered subgroup Cynomys parvidens pokes through a heavy Utah snow.

We worried that the heavy rain across the prairie would soon bog our car. Don't bog me down in this mass of detail.

Any of various game birds in the family Tetraonidae (order Galliformes), including the prairie chicken and ptarmigan, or the sandgrouse (order Columbiformes).

Herds of graceful antelope used to roam the prairies of the West.

In the US, it's the prairies.

The land in the center of the continent became a prairie.

The prairie was ideal for growing wheat.

That prairie is home to many rare animals.

This is where the ranches of the Texas Hill Country meet the prairies of the coastal plain.

These adaptable birds traditionally nest in the burrows of prairie dogs.

Unfortunately, prairie dogs often harbor fleas, and fleas can carry the plague.

A flock of sheep are cropping grass on the prairie.

The cold front drives the storm south across the prairies.