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urogallo — 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

urogallo is used for these senses in English:

  • capercaillie A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.
  • 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]

grouse — full definition

  1. noun A plump game bird found in moorland and northern regions, often hunted for sport and food.
  2. verb To complain or grumble, often persistently.
  3. noun A complaint.

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