grouse

[ US /ˈɡɹaʊs/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈa‍ʊs/ ]
NOUN
  1. flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
  2. popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
VERB
  1. hunt grouse
  2. complain
    What was he hollering about?
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How To Use grouse In A Sentence

  • In the first, the applicant S took part in a protest against a grouse shoot.
  • I thought it dangerously late in the season for controlled heather burning, a real threat to ground nesting birds like red grouse and dunlin. Country diary: East Cheshire Hills
  • He gave us the recipe for the last of these, which can be made with salmon instead of wild duck or grouse. A Passion for Food
  • Entitled Aquila after the swooping eagle found in John Flamsteed's 1729 Atlas Coelestis, its merits do not really derive from any imitation of eagles actual or imagined perhaps luckily, given that Flamsteed's eagle resembles a grouse. Chroma chamber ensemble – review
  • Grouse will soon be in season again.
  • Game birds, such as grouse or pheasants, are better suited to rough moorland. Learn to Draw Countryside
  • Scouts never grouse at hardships nor whine at each other, nor_ swear _when put out, but go on whistling and smiling. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns
  • It is the home of the lapwing, curlew, golden plover, dunlin and red grouse.
  • This unreliable cycle makes grouse moors unsuitable as investments. Times, Sunday Times
  • Here's a romantic view of a grouse shoot on Beamsley Beacon by Turner.
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