sage grouse

sage grouse
noun
large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America
• Hypernyms: ↑grouse
• Member Holonyms: ↑Centrocercus, ↑genus Centrocercus

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noun
: a very large grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) native to the dry sagebrush plains of western No. America having mottled gray, black, and buff plumage and flesh often poor and bitter from feeding on the buds of the sagebrush

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a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
[1870-75]

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sage grouse or sage cock noun
A large N American grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, that feeds on and lives in sagebrush
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Main Entry: ↑sage

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sage grouse,
the largest American grouse, common on the plains of western North America.

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n. a large grouse of western North America, with long pointed tail feathers, noted for the male's courtship display in which air sacs are inflated to make a popping sound. ● Centrocercus urophasianus, family Tetraonidae (or Phasianidae)

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