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wood grouse
noun
- the capercaillie.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wood grouse1
First recorded in 1770–80
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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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