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wood grouse

noun

  1. the capercaillie.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wood grouse1

First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences

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The birds included pheasants, partridges, wood grouse, magpies, and hooded crows.

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From afar, from the other edge of the forest, came the calling of wood grouse.

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He spent 72 nights in the field during three consecutive Aprils before he found the wood grouse fighting in a satisfactory light.

But these species still linger in some portion of the British isles; whereas the larger capercailzies or wood grouse, formerly natives of the pine-forests of Ireland and Scotland, have been destroyed within the last sixty years.

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Suddenly there was a loud whirring sound, and out of the bushes in front of them flew a great wood grouse!

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