grouse
noun
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
grouselike
-
a word derived from
grouse.
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Its summer plumage is rather grouselike above, with a good deal of rufous brown; the back becomes much more grey in autumn; almost all the feathers of the winter plumage are white.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur
