wood grouse

noun

the capercaillie.

Origin of wood grouse

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby wood grouse

wood dale, wood duck, wood engraving, wood fern, wood frog, wood grouse, wood hedgehog, wood hoopoe, wood hyacinth, wood ibis, wood lily

Example sentences from the Web for wood grouse

  • Capercailzie, the wood-grouse, a large game-bird found in fir woods in mountainous districts, and highly esteemed for table.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood

  • The wood-grouse—now extinct, I believe—has been known to attack people in the woods.

    Locusts and Wild Honey |John Burroughs

  • An occasional small pond gives harbourage for a few wild-fowl, while wood-grouse, and in winter ptarmigan, are plentiful.

    The Barren Ground of Northern Canada |Warburton Mayer Pike