单词 | spruce grouse |
释义 | > as lemmasspruce grouse spruce grouse n. a grouse native to coniferous forests of Canada and the northern United States, Falcipennis canadensis.Also called Canada grouse, spotted grouse.The subspecies Franklin's grouse, F. c. franklinii, is occasionally treated as a separate species, F. franklinii. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > dendrogapus canadensis (spruce grouse) spruce partridgea1771 wood-grouse1776 Richardson's grouse1831 spruce grouse1842 swamp partridge1874 1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. i. Pref. p. x We meet here with the Canada Jay and Spruce Grouse, the Swan, the Raven and the Arctic Woodpecker. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 394 Tetrao Canadensis,..Franklin's Spruce Grouse. 1946 T. M. Stanwell-Fletcher Driftwood Valley 13 Several times we've scared up coveys of spruce grouse along the trail. 2007 Field & Stream May 88/2 Only the hollow call of a spruce grouse broke the quiet. < as lemmas |
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