cearc fhraoigh — meaning in English
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English meaning
- grouse noun A plump game bird found in moorland and northern regions, often hunted for sport and food.
Senses
cearc fhraoigh is used for these senses in English:
- grouse (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]
- red grouse A medium-sized bird, Lagopus lagopus scotica, of the grouse family, found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.
- willow grouse Lagopus lagopus, a medium-sized bird in the grouse family.
grouse — full definition
- noun A plump game bird found in moorland and northern regions, often hunted for sport and food.
- verb To complain or grumble, often persistently.
- noun A complaint.