单词 | willow grouse |
释义 | > as lemmaswillow grouse willow grouse n. (a) the common ptarmigan of North America, Lagopus albus; (b) the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus, called thus chiefly in British Columbia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse) moorfowl1504 grouse1531 moor game1611 red game1673 red grouse1769 willow partridge1772 red cock1775 moor-bird1812 red ptarmigan1819 willow grouse1850 willow ptarmigan1872 willow ptarmigan1872 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Bonasa > bonasa umbellus (ruffled grouse) partridge1578 pheasant1766 birch partridge1823 white flesher1827 ruffled grouse1850 willow grouse1850 pat1933 1850 S. Allen in D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard App. 311 The willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud. 1907 J. G. Millais Newfoundland 274 The Newfoundland willow grouse..fly in large bodies from one district to another. 1960 Gulf Islander (Galiano, Brit. Columbia) 23 July 1/1 We listened to the resonant call of the willow grouse. 1961 W. P. Keller Canada's Wild Glory ii. 93 The grouse came back, too. These were the willow grouse, or as the same bird is known in the east, ‘the drummer’ or ruffed grouse. < as lemmas |
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