black grouse

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black grouse

A Eurasian game bird (Lyrurus tetrix) with black plumage and white wing markings in the male and brownish barred plumage in the female.

black grouse

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called black game a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a related and similar species, Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, of W Asia

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Noun

black grouse - grouse of which the male is bluish-black

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

genus Lyrurus, Lyrurus - black grouse

European black grouse, heathfowl, Lyrurus tetrix - large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail

Asian black grouse, Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi - a black grouse of western Asia

black cock, blackcock - male black grouse

gray hen, grayhen, grey hen, greyhen, heath hen - female black grouse

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Asian black grouse Bird Black black cock black game blackcock European black grouse family Tetraonidae genus Lyrurus gray hen grayhen grey hen greyhen grouse Heath grouse heath hen heathfowl lek Lyrurus			RSPB Black Grouse Project - habitat creation for black grouse on the Meirionnydd uplands. Snowdon awards for rural buildings by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) A spell of good weather has allowed one of Britain's rarest birds to bounce back after two bad breeding years, according to the North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Project. Numbers of black grouse on the rise by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The breeder claims he has had five fatalities - two capercaillie and three black grouse - since October. RAF are killing my rare birds by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			black elder black elderberry Black English Black English Vernacular black eye black fantail black felt cup Black Ferns black flag Black Flags Black flea Black flux black fly black forces Black Forest black fox Black Friar Black Friday black fritillary black frost black game black gold black grama Black grass black greasewood black grouse black guillemot black gum Black Hamburg Black Hamburg (grape Black Hamburg grape Black Hand black hat black haw Black Hawk black heat black hellebore black hemlock black henbane black heroin black hickory Black Hills black hole Black Hole of Calcutta black Hollander black horehound Black horse black house black huckleberry black humor black humour			Black gold (liquid) Black gold (liquid) Black gold (oil) Black gold (oil) Black gold (oil) Black Gold Community Band Black Gold Youth Foundation Black goose Black Gospel Promo Black Graduate and Professional Student Association Black Graduate and Professional Student Caucus Black Graduate and Professional Student Organization Black Graduate and Professional Students Association Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students Black Graduate Student Network Black Graduate Student Organization Black Graduate Students Association Black Graduates Business Association black grama black granite Black grass Black grass Black grass Black grease black greasewood black greasewood black greasewood Black Greek Letter Organizations Black Grey White Black grouper black grouse black grub black grub black grub Black Guard Black Guard Black Guelph Black Guerilla Family Black Guerrilla Family black guillemot black guillemots black gum black gum Black Gunion Black hair follicular dysplasia Black hair follicular dysplasia Black hair follicular dysplasia Black Hair Resisting Group Black hairy tongue Black hairy tongue Black hairy tongue Black Halo Racing Black Hamburg Black Hamburg Black Hamburg (grape Black Hamburg grape Black Hamburgs Black Hamburgs Black Hand Black Hand Black Hand Resistance Group

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