wood grouse

noun

the capercaillie.

Origin of wood grouse

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby wood grouse

woodenware, wood fern, woodfree, wood frog, woodgrain, wood grouse, Woodhaven, wood hedgehog, woodhen, woodhenge, woodhewer

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Example sentences from the Web for wood grouse

Capercailzie, the wood-grouse, a large game-bird found in fir woods in mountainous districts, and highly esteemed for table.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood
The wood-grouse—now extinct, I believe—has been known to attack people in the woods.
Locusts and Wild Honey|John Burroughs
An occasional small pond gives harbourage for a few wild-fowl, while wood-grouse, and in winter ptarmigan, are plentiful.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada|Warburton Mayer Pike

British Dictionary definitions for wood grouse

woodgrouse

/ (ˈwʊdˌɡraʊs) /

noun

another name for capercaillie

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单词	wood grouse
释义	wood grouse noun the capercaillie. Origin of wood grouse First recorded in 1770–80 Words nearby wood grouse woodenware, wood fern, woodfree, wood frog, woodgrain, wood grouse, Woodhaven, wood hedgehog, woodhen, woodhenge, woodhewer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wood grouse Capercailzie, the wood-grouse, a large game-bird found in fir woods in mountainous districts, and highly esteemed for table. The Nuttall Encyclopaedia\|Edited by Rev. James Wood The wood-grouse—now extinct, I believe—has been known to attack people in the woods. Locusts and Wild Honey\|John Burroughs An occasional small pond gives harbourage for a few wild-fowl, while wood-grouse, and in winter ptarmigan, are plentiful. The Barren Ground of Northern Canada\|Warburton Mayer Pike British Dictionary definitions for wood grouse woodgrouse / (ˈwʊdˌɡraʊs) / noun another name for capercaillie Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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