capercaillie
noun
a large grouse, Tetrao urogallus, of Eurasian forests.
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
The ptarmigan and capercailzie were screaming from those upper regions; and the nimble roes, with their fawns, bounding through the green defiles below.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
For the capercailzie, Lloyd, 'Game Birds of Sweden,' 1867, p.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
"Olga," said Emma, "meanwhile enjoys herself intensely at the supper-table; she has drawn her chair as closely as possible to the roasted capercailzie, and does her duty by the sweets."
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
