willow grouse

British  

noun

1. a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse ( L. lagopus scoticus ) of Britain

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Example Sentences

The group labeled “insect eaters” combines many species because the numbers for individual species were too small to show separately as shown for the meadow pipit and willow grouse, which are both highly abundant.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Half-filling Renn’s cooking skin with water, he hung it by the fire; then, using a split branch, he dropped in red-hot stones to heat it up, and added the plucked and jointed willow grouse.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

To his astonishment, Renn knocked an arrow and let fly, and a willow grouse thudded into the moss.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Around mid-morning, Wolf startled a clutch of willow grouse, who shot skywards with indignant gobbles.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Sometimes one can knock down a little willow grouse with a stick, but the willow grouse had recently vanished and the Indian had caught nothing in his snares.

From Northwest! by Bindloss, Harold