red grouse


noun
  1. a grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus, of the British Isles, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan lacking white winter plumage.

Origin of red grouse

1
First recorded in 1770–80

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How to use red grouse in a sentence

  • If we ever had occasion to adopt a bird as a national emblem, the choice might for one reason fall on the red grouse.

  • They impale the eggs of the red grouse upon their bills, and carry them away to eat at leisure.

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  • This is the famous red grouse, a species familiar by name if not by appearance to most people.

  • Marvellously protective in coloration is the plumage of the red grouse in both sexes and at all times of the year.

  • During autumn and winter the life of the red grouse is by no means a happy one, that is to say in some ways.

British Dictionary definitions for red grouse

red grouse

noun
  1. a reddish-brown grouse, Lagopus scoticus, of upland moors of Great Britain: an important game bird

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