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noun(grouse)any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
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verb(grouse)complain, grumble
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noun(grouse)complaint
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noun(grouse)a large grouse (Tetrao tetrix synonym Lyrurus tetrix) of western Asia and Europe of which the male is black with white wing patches and the female is barred and mottled
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noun(grouse)a European woodland grouse (Bonasa bonasia) related to the ruffed grouse —called also hazel grouse
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noun(grouse)a grouse (Bonasa umbellus) of U.S. and Canadian forests of which the male erects a ruff of black feathers and fans out a broad black-banded tail during breeding displays
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noun(grouse)either of two large grouses (Centrocercus urophasianus and C. minimus) of the dry sagebrush plains of western North America that have mottled gray and buff plumage above with a contrasting black belly