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noun
a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
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Origin of spruce grouse
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Words nearby spruce grouse
Spruance,
spruce,
spruce beer,
spruce beetle,
spruce budworm,
spruce grouse,
spruce pine,
spruce sawfly,
spruce-up,
sprucy,
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How to use spruce grouse in a sentence
They also may have been gag-inducing—the spruce grouse, a chicken-like bird, spends its winters munching almost exclusively on conifer needles.
Louis Bacon, another big donor, owns land all over the world, including a grouse-hunting estate in Scotland.
One remaining letter thanks a friend for sending some grouse and a book, the former described as “splendid.”
Wood pigeon, pheasant, partridge, grouse, peacocks, hares, wild rabbits, and waterfowl are all dietary staples.
The pair will tour the Famous Grouse distillery and will meet young people at the Strathearn Community Campus in Crieff.
I was sitting so low, even the permafrost-stunted spruce trees towered over me.
Scattergood fairly licked his lips as he thought of the millions upon millions of feet of spruce to be sawed into lumber.
Also, ownership of vast limits of growing spruce was necessary to the control of the valley.
There are sixty thousand acres of mighty good spruce in that triangle between us, and it's as good as ours.
And so Antler took courage and grasping a strong branch of a friendly spruce struggled through the deep snow.
Now we're looking about for somebody to supply us spruce cut to the proper length for pulpwood.
British Dictionary definitions for spruce grouse
noun
a game bird, Dendragapus canadensis, occurring in Canadian coniferous forests
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