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grouse

1 9.4

The meat of a game bird often roasted and served for food

noun
/ɡraʊs/

: carne de urogallo

And yet it was disappointing to think how soon we'd eat our way through the year's harvest of grouse in our freezer: I could feel saliva pool under my tongue at the thought of those few meals.

Examples

After a long day of hunting, we enjoyed a delightful meal featuring grouse with herbs.
Daniel had been hunting that morning, and he was on foot, carrying a brace of grouse in one hand and his rifle in the other.

Fiction book (1997)
"Why can't we have roast grouse?"

Fiction book (1990)
Mix the cooked fat with peppercorns and grouse flesh and feed this to the falcon for nine days.

Fiction book (1993)
Salmon and small birds in summer; grouse, elk, and berries to feast on in autumn; and seal to see them through the winter—these people had it all.

Academic text (2010)
For dinner, we decided to have roasted grouse with a side of wild mushrooms.
The chef recommended the grouse as the special dish for the evening, highlighting its rich flavor.

Compounds

sage grouse

1 8.6

A large North American bird that lives in sagebrush and shows a mating dance

ruffed grouse

1 9.1

A medium-sized North American forest bird with a fan-shaped tail and neck feathers often hunted

black grouse

8.5

A large bird from Europe and Asia whose male is blue-black with a curved tail

Asian black grouse

Indian

8.2

A large dark bird from western Asia that performs a mating display

European black grouse

8.7

A large black bird from northern Europe with a tail that curves like a lyre

grouse whortleberry

9.9

A small bush that grows in northwest North America and has bright red berries

grouse-berry

9.9

A small bush with red berries that grows in northwest North America

red grouse

9.0

A reddish-brown bird that lives on high moors in Britain and is often hunted

pin-tailed grouse

9.9

A bird with very long middle tail feathers

prairie grouse

9.0

A brown bird with spotted feathers that lives on grasslands in western North America

sand grouse

9.4

A pigeon-like bird with long pointed wings that lives in dry desert areas

sharp-tailed grouse

9.5

A large land bird with pointed tail feathers found in western prairies and open forests

spruce grouse

Specialized

8.9

A forest bird that lives in pine and fir woods and eats evergreen needles

Surface Forms

grouse singular

grouses plural

Etymology

Grouse for the meat comes straight from the bird name: roast grouse simply means the flesh of that game bird. So when a menu lists grouse, it is talking about the bird's meat.