capercailzie
- a variation of capercaillie.
Example Sentences
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Amongst the first class are capercailzie, … wild duck, and bittern; and amongst the shy ones with camouflaged eggs are lapwing, … ring plover, and golden plover.
From Nature ● Aug. 5, 2019
No zoologist has been able to say for certain whether the hare was the mother and the capercailzie the father, or vice versa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another "deadfall" for taking capercailzie in Norway is described by Mr. Yarnell in his "British Birds":
And at the same time, the old story goes, were great birds, far taller than a man, who fed where now the bustards and the capercailzie are.
From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Waterloo, Stanley
There are a good many capercailzie in the quiet pine-woods, pretty high up, but they are only to be got at during the pairing season.
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
