capercaillie
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capercaillie
- /kæpəˈkeɪli/ UK
- /kæpɚˈkeɪli/ US
Rhymes with -eɪli
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots capercailzie (for the -z-, see Mackenzie and tailzie), a corruption of Scottish Gaelic capall (“horse”) + coille (“of the woods”).
noun capercaillies · capercailye · capercaillye · capercailzie · capercally
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A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.
Similar: wood grouse
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noun bird of the genus Tetrao
| Русский | глуха́рь gluxárʹ |
|---|
noun Tetrao urogallus
| Español | urogallo, gallo silvestre |
|---|---|
| Português | tetraz-grande-das-serras |
| Français | grand tétras, grand coq de bruyère |
| Deutsch | Auerhuhn |
| Italiano | urogallo, gallo cedrone |
| Ελληνικά | αγριόκουρκος agriókourkos |
| Română | cocoș de munte |
| Русский | глуха́рь gluxárʹ |
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title = {capercaillie},
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