About The Word Grouse
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Grouse
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What's The Definition Of Grouse?
[n] popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
[n] (game bird) flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil [v] complain; "What was he hollering about?" [v] hunt grouse Synonyms | Synonyms for Grouse: beef | bellyache | gripe | holler | squawk Related Terms | Find terms related to Grouse: air a grievance | beef | beefing | bellyache | bellyaching | bitch | bitching | broiler | caille | canard | caneton | capon | chapon | chicken | clamor | complain | complaining | complaint | Cornish hen | crab | croak | destructive criticism | dindon | dissent | duck | duckling | faisan | faultfinding | fowl | fret | fret and fume | fryer | fuss | goose | grievance | gripe | griping | groan | groaning | grouch | grousing | growl | grumble | grumbling | grunt | guinea hen | holler | howl | kick | kicking | lodge a complaint | murmur | murmuring | mutter | oie | partridge | peeve | peevishness | pet peeve | petulance | pheasant | pigeon | pigeonneau | poulet | protest | quail | querulousness | raise a howl | register a complaint | roaster | scold | scolding | sniping | squab | squawk | squawking | stewing chicken | take on | turkey | volaille | whining | wild duck | yap | yapping | yelp See Also | black grouse | Bonasa umbellus | Canachites canadensis | capercaillie | capercailzie | Centrocercus urophasianus | complain | covey | family Tetraonidae | fowl | game bird | grouse | grouse | horse of the wood | kick | kvetch | partridge | Pedioecetes phasianellus | plain | prairie chicken | prairie fowl | prairie grouse | ptarmigan | quetch | ruffed grouse | sage grouse | sage hen | sharp-tailed grouse | sound off | sprigtail | spruce grouse | Tetrao urogallus | Tetraonidae | wildfowl Grouse In Webster's Dictionary \Grouse\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. after the analogy of
mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen:
cf. F. piegri[`e]che shrike.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the
family {Tetraonid[ae]}, and subfamily {Tetraonin[ae]},
inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump
bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled
plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans ({Lagopus}),
having feathered feet.
Note: Among the European species are the red grouse ({Lagopus
Scoticus}) and the hazel grouse ({Bonasa betulina}).
See {Capercaidzie}, {Ptarmigan}, and {Heath grouse}.
Among the most important American species are the
ruffed grouse, or New England partridge ({Bonasa
umbellus}); the sharp-tailed grouse ({Pedioc[ae]tes
phasianellus}) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine
grouse ({Dendragapus obscurus}) of the Rocky Mountains;
the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge ({D.
Canadensis}). See also {Prairie hen}, and {Sage cock}.
The Old World sand grouse ({Pterocles}, etc.) belong to
a very different family. See {Pterocletes}, and {Sand
grouse}.
\Grouse\, v. i. To seek or shoot grouse. |
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