单词 | pin-tailed grouse |
释义 | > as lemmaspin-tailed grouse pin-tailed grouse n. †(a) = pin-tailed sandgrouse n. (obsolete); (b) North American the sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus, a spotted North American game bird that resembles the prairie chickens. ΚΠ 1763Pin-tailed Grous [see sense 1]. 1823 J. Franklin in Narr. Journey to Shores of Polar Sea 45 Several golden plovers, Canadian gros-beaks, cross-bills, wood-peckers, and pin-tailed grouse, were shot to-day. 1855 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 25 54 The Francolin and Jerufti partridge are found in these parts, also the teehor..and pin-tailed grouse. 1958 J. G. MacGregor North West of 16 174 In those days, pin-tailed grouse, which we called prairie chicken, were plentiful. < as lemmas |
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