franklin grouse

franklin grouse
noun or franklin's grouse
Usage: usually capitalized F
Etymology: after Sir John Franklin died 1847 English explorer
: a grouse (Canachites franklinii) of northwestern evergreen forests closely related to or included among the spruce grouses

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • franklin's grouse — noun see franklin grouse * * * Franklin s grouse, a grouse found in the spruce regions of the northwestern U.S. ╂[< Sir John Franklin, 1786 1847, an English arctic explorer] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Grouse — Male Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Scientific classification Kingdom: Anima …   Wikipedia

  • franklin's gull — noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: after Sir John Franklin : a small black headed gull (Larus pipixan) that breeds in the western interior of No. America * * * a black headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Spruce Grouse — Not to be confused with Spruce Goose. Spruce Grouse a male of the nominate subspecies …   Wikipedia

  • Sage-grouse — Taxobox name = Sage grouse image caption = Adult male greater sage grouse regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes superordo = Galloanserae ordo = Galliformes familia = Tetraonidae (disputed) genus = Centrocercus …   Wikipedia

  • fool hen — noun Etymology: from its stupidity that permits it to be easily caught : a grouse that exhibits little alertness or fear of man: a. : spruce grouse b. : franklin grouse * * * any of various grouse, as the spruce grouse, that can be killed easily… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pennsylvania — This article is about the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. For other uses, see Pennsylvania (disambiguation). Pensilvania redirects here. For the town in Colombia, see Pensilvania, Caldas. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania …   Wikipedia

  • Wild Turkey — For other uses, see Wild Turkey (disambiguation). Wild Turkey Male (tom) Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • List of birds of Ontario — This list of Ontario birds is a listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the Canadian province of Ontario as determined by the Ontario Bird Records Committee (OBRC). There are, as of 2008, 478 species on this list, 291 of which are known …   Wikipedia

  • Centrocercus — Sage grouse Adult male greater sage grouse Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”