Bonasa

Bonasa
noun
ruffed grouse
• Syn: ↑genus Bonasa
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tetraonidae, ↑family Tetraonidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑ruffed grouse, ↑partridge, ↑Bonasa umbellus

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\\bōˈnāzə, -āsə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably alteration of Latin bonasus, aurochs; from the similarity of its characteristic drumming sound to the bellowing of a bull
: a genus of birds (family Tetraonidae) containing only the ruffed grouse

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