black grouse


noun

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

Origin of black grouse

First recorded in 1820–30

British Dictionary definitions for black grouse

black grouse

noun

Also called: black game a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
a related and similar species, Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, of W Asia