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barred |
marked by dark crosswise stripes, as the feathers of a grouse or other bird. [1/3 definitions] |
blackcock |
the male black grouse. |
capercaillie |
a large grouse with a fanlike tail, native to the forests of northern Europe. |
gallinaceous |
belonging to a variety of birds that nest on the ground, including turkeys, chickens, pheasants, and grouse. |
partridge |
a plump game bird with brown or gray feathers that make a whirring sound when the bird is rising to fly. The grouse and bobwhite are kinds of partridges. |
prairie chicken |
either of two henlike grouse of the North American prairies that have reddish, brownish, black, and white feathers; prairie hen; prairie fowl. |
ptarmigan |
any of a variety of grouse that are found in cold, northern regions, and whose brown plumage is replaced by white in the winter. |
sage grouse |
a large grouse of the western plains of North America. |
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