BLACK GROUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black grouse mean? 

• BLACK GROUSE (noun)
  The noun BLACK GROUSE has 1 sense:

1. grouse of which the male is bluish-black

  Familiarity information: BLACK GROUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK GROUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grouse of which the male is bluish-black

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("black grouse" is a kind of...):

grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "black grouse"):

European black grouse; heathfowl; Lyrurus tetrix (large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail)

Asian black grouse; Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi (a black grouse of western Asia)

black cock; blackcock (male black grouse)

gray hen; grayhen; grey hen; greyhen; heath hen (female black grouse)

Holonyms ("black grouse" is a member of...):

genus Lyrurus; Lyrurus (black grouse)