sharp-tailed grouse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sharp-tailed grouse
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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He brakes his pickup truck as an antelope bounds away and points to a handful of sharp-tailed grouse on a flat area where males gather during mating season to strut and dance.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
The land helps to reestablish the connection between the reservation and the Cascades and helps create a corridor for wildlife like the lynx, which are being reintroduced, and sharp-tailed grouse and potentially wolverines.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022
Officials estimate the flames have also killed 30% to 70% of the state’s sage grouse and sharp-tailed grouse, birds that also depend on sagebrush.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 30, 2020
Similar trends have been at play for sharp-tailed grouse in Michigan and eastern Minnesota.
From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2020
Kansas: To all of those named in my previous list that are not actually extinct, I might add the prairie hen, the lesser prairie hen, as well as the prairie sharp-tailed grouse and the wood-duck.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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