ruffed
[ ruhft ]
adjective
displaying or wearing a ruff.
Origin of ruffed
1Other words from ruffed
- un·ruffed, adjective
Words Nearby ruffed
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How to use ruffed in a sentence
I'm not going to stand here palavering all day, with my feathers up like a ruffed grouse.
Little Folks (November 1884) | VariousThe ruffed grouse sometimes buds in an orchard near the woods, and thus takes the farmer's apple crop a year in advance.
A Year in the Fields | John BurroughsI have heard the hairbird, and the note of the kingbird; and the ruffed grouse frequently drums at night.
A Year in the Fields | John BurroughsAbout Victoria there were found, he said, two species of grouse,—the ruffed grouse and the blue grouse.
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird GrinnellUnseen amid his dun and gray environment, the ruffed grouse skulks unheard, till he bursts away in thunderous flight.
In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. Robinson
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