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n. Any of various plump, chickenlike game birds of the family Tetraonidae, chiefly of the Northern Hemisphere and having mottled brown or grayish plumage.

verb-intransitive. To complain; grumble.

n. A cause for complaint; a grievance.

n. Any of various game birds of the family Tetraonidae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere.

v. To seek or shoot grouse.

n. A cause for complaint.

v. To complain or grumble.

adj. Excellent.

n. Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidæ, and subfamily Tetraoninæ, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.

verb-intransitive. To seek or shoot grouse.

verb-intransitive. To complain or grumble.

n. The Scotch ptarmigan, moorhen, or red-game, Tetrao or Lagopus scoticus, a British gallinaceous bird with feathered feet. It is a local modification or insular race of the common ptarmigan of Europe. Hence — 2. Some bird like the above; any bird of the family Tetraonidœ and subfamily Tetraoninæ.

n. In the widest sense, as a collective plural, the grouse family, Tetraonidæ. In this sense the word includes various partridges and related birds.

To hunt or shoot grouse.

v. complain

v. hunt grouse

n. popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

n. flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

"Our only grouse is we have very little bread, but we are expecting to get more from Tuesday May 5th."

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