hazel grouse

American  

noun

1. a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.

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Etymology

Origin of hazel grouse

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

I was far away from the elegant drawing rooms of Moscow, where Pierre Bezukhov sips dry Madeira wine and dines on hazel grouse.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2016

We've done nothing but pluck birds since midday; pheasants, hoopoes, hazel grouse, and common grouse.

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse

For five minutes I remained there—the silence of the forest broken only by the clucking of a hazel grouse above my head.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman