black grouse

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black grouse

  • /ˈblæk ɡɹɑʊs/

noun black grouse · black grouses

  1. A large, black bird with a lyre-shaped tail, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix). The shy black grouse, “with an eye on every feather,” can only thrive in vast, absolutely undisturbed heath and moorlands. Therefore, unfortunately, there are not too many black grouse.

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noun Lyrurus tetrix

Españolgallo lira
한국어멧닭 metdak
日本語黒雷鳥 kuroraichō
中文黑琴雞 /黑琴鸡 hēiqínjī
Portuguêsfaisão montês
Françaistétras lyre
DeutschBirkhuhn
Italianogallo forcello, fagiano di monte
Ελληνικάλυροπετεινός lyropeteinós
Românăcocoș de mesteacăn
Русскийте́терев téterev, те́терев-коса́ч téterev-kosáč

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@misc{black_grouse_2026,
  title = {black grouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black%20grouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}