black grouse

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black grouse

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

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black grouse

1. (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. (Animals) a related and similar species, Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, of W Asia

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black′ grouse′

a large grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, of Europe and W Asia, the male of which is black, the female mottled gray and brown.

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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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tetro

gallo lira

teeri

tétras

nyírfajd

tetrao

tetervinas

cietrzew

тетерев

ruševec

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