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Ruffed Grouse

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Noun

1. bonasa umbellus, partridge, ruffed grouse

valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ruffed Grouse

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noun
a large North American grouse, Bonasa umbellus, having brown plumage with darker markings around the neck and a black-tipped fan-shaped tail

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Ruffed Grouse

see synonyms of ruffed grouse
a North American game bird (Bonasa umbellus) with neck feathers that can be extended into a ruff
also called partridge in the N U.S. and pheasant in the S U.S.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ruffed Grouse

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n.
A North American game bird (Bonasa umbellus) having mottled brownish plumage and, in the male, a dark ruff around the neck. It is noted for the drumming sounds the male makes with its wings.

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