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BLACK GROUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grouse of which the male is bluish-black
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("black grouse" is a kind of...):
grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "black grouse"):
European black grouse; heathfowl; Lyrurus tetrix (large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail)
Asian black grouse; Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi (a black grouse of western Asia)
black cock; blackcock (male black grouse)
gray hen; grayhen; grey hen; greyhen; heath hen (female black grouse)
Holonyms ("black grouse" is a member of...):
genus Lyrurus; Lyrurus (black grouse)