CAPERCAILLIE

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Meaning:

Large black Old World grouse

Synonyms:

capercaillie; capercailzie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("capercaillie" is a kind of...):

grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)

Holonyms ("capercaillie" is a member of...):

genus Tetrao; Tetrao (type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies)

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