willow grouse

British  

noun

1. a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse ( L. lagopus scoticus ) of Britain

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Example Sentences

Around mid-morning, Wolf startled a clutch of willow grouse, who shot skywards with indignant gobbles.

From Literature

To his astonishment, Renn knocked an arrow and let fly, and a willow grouse thudded into the moss.

From Literature

Half-filling Renn’s cooking skin with water, he hung it by the fire; then, using a split branch, he dropped in red-hot stones to heat it up, and added the plucked and jointed willow grouse.

From Literature

I guess that's why it's called the fool hen, though its proper name is the willow grouse.

From Project Gutenberg

It was larger than the willow grouse.

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