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complain; "What was he hollering about?"

popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

complain; "What was he hollering about?"

popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

(game bird) flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, 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.

To seek or shoot grouse.

Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, 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.

To seek or shoot grouse.

A game bird akin to the domestic fowl; partridge; pheasant; prairie hen.

The heathcock or moor fowl, a bird with a short curved bill, short legs, and feathered feet, which frequents moors and hills.

To grumble.

A small game-bird with mottled plumage.

n. A native gallinaceous bird, having feathered feet, a short bill, and a red band over the eyes—esteemed as the best game for its greater rarity and wildness and the superior flavour of its flesh, as red grouse, black game, ptarmigan, capercailzie:—also called moorfowl.

A kind of fowl, a heathcock.