noun
North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles
• Syn: ↑Canachites canadensis
• Hypernyms: ↑grouse
• Member Holonyms: ↑Canachites, ↑genus Canachites
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noun or spruce partridge : a grouse (Canachites canadensis) of the forests of northern No. America chiefly north of the United States whose plumage is extensively barred with black with the adult male being nearly black below
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a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
[1835-45, Amer.]
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spruce grouse,
a grouse of the coniferous forests of northern North America; Canada grouse.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.