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Found 3 items, similar to Grouse.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: grouse
gugah, mencomel
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: grouse
grouse
n 1: flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae;
usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
2: popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and
feet
v 1: hunt grouse
2: complain;
“What was he hollering about?” [syn:
gripe,
crab,
beef,
squawk,
bellyache,
holler]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Grouse
Grouse
\Grouse\ (grous), n. sing. & pl. [Prob. after the analogy
of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen:
cf. F. piegri[`e]che shrike.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the
family
Tetraonid[ae], and subfamily
Tetraonin[ae],
inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump
bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled
plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (
Lagopus),
having feathered feet.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among the European species are the red grouse (
Lagopus Scoticus
) and the hazel grouse (
Bonasa betulina).
See
Capercaidzie,
Ptarmigan, and
Heath grouse.
Among the most important American species are the
ruffed grouse, or New England partridge (
Bonasa umbellus
); the sharp-tailed grouse (
Pedioc[ae]tes phasianellus
) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine
grouse (
Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains;
the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge (
D. Canadensis
). See also
Prairie hen, and
Sage cock.
The Old World sand grouse (
Pterocles, etc.) belong to
a very different family. See
Pterocletes, and
Sand grouse
.
[1913 Webster]
Grouse
\Grouse\, v. i.
1. To seek or shoot grouse.
[1913 Webster]
2. To complain or grumble; as, employees grousing about their
incompetent boss. [informal]
[PJC]
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