black grouse

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblæk ɡɹɑʊs/
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Noun

black grouse (plural black grouse or black grouses)

  1. A large, black bird with a lyre-shaped tail, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix).
    • 1979, Rien Poortvliet, translated by Marlies Comjean, “The Black Grouse”, in The Living Forest: A World of Animals, New York, N.Y.: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; Peacock Press/Bantam Books, →ISBN:
      The shy black grouse, “with an eye on every feather,” can only thrive in vast, absolutely undisturbed heath and moorlands. Therefore, unfortunately, there are not too many black grouse.

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