ruffed
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7.9
- adjective
- /rʌft/
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con cuello de plumas
- And so, I too stalk with hope for a fruitful hunt for ruffed grouse.
- ruffed grouse
- ruffed lemur
Examples
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Most people are familiar with the ring-tailed, ruffed, and brown lemurs, the ones usually seen in zoos and on nature shows.
Academic text (1993) -
The red ruffed lemur is known for its striking appearance and playful behavior.
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She's a red ruffed lemur.
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Their preferred target is the red-ruffed lemur.
Blog text (3) -
The calls of the ruffed and blue grouse boomed through the woods, so low-pitched it was hard to tell.
Fiction book (1991) -
This jewel of wisdom opened my eyes and my understanding to why so many ruffed grouse hunting traditionalists favor setters.
Blog text (5) -
A dog with a wider scent cone would logically bump far fewer ruffed grouse, a naturally skittish species.
Blog text (5) -
That was the suggestion of Ted Dick, grouse coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, as we sketched out a game plan for our ruffed grouse hunt.
Blog text (6) -
White-ruffed manakins prefer mature forest during nonbreeding seasons and demonstrate a strong fidelity to specific sites in lowland forest.
Academic text (1992) -
I spotted a ruffed grouse displaying its beautiful frill while hiking in the forest.
Synonyms
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3.7
Having small, soft, folded edges on clothes or curtains
Compounds
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9.1
A medium-sized North American forest bird with a fan-shaped tail and neck feathers often hunted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ruffed comes from ruff, a name for the stiff frill or collar people once wore, so imagine a small, round 'collar'. So a ruffed bird or animal has that 'frill' of feathers or skin around its neck, and you can remember it by thinking of ruffle, which also means a gathered or wavy edge.