noun
grouse of which the male is bluish-black
• Hypernyms: ↑grouse
• Hyponyms:
↑European black grouse, ↑heathfowl, ↑Lyrurus tetrix, ↑Asian black grouse, ↑Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, ↑blackcock, ↑black cock, ↑greyhen, ↑grayhen, ↑grey hen, ↑gray hen, ↑heath hen
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lyrurus, ↑genus Lyrurus
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noun : a large grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) widely distributed in western Asia and Europe including most of the heath districts of England and Scotland of which the male is chiefly black with white wing patches and outwardly curved tail feathers and the female has barred and mottled plumage — see blackcock, gray hen
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a large grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, of Europe and western Asia, the male of which is black, the female mottled gray and brown.
[1820-30]
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black grouse noun
A large N European grouse, the male of which (blackˈcock) is black with a lyre-shaped tail, and the female of which is called a greyˈhen
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Main Entry: ↑black
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black grouse,
a large grouse of Europe and Asia; heathbird. The male is black with white markings and a curled tail. The female is smaller and is brown and gray.
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n. (pl. same) a large Eurasian grouse, the male of which has glossy blue-black plumage and a lyre-shaped tail. The males display in communal leks. ● Tetrao tetrix, family Tetraonidae (or Phasianidae); the male is called a blackcock and the female a greyhen
Useful english dictionary. 2012.