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    BLACK GROUSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Grouse of which the male is bluish-blackplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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