blue grouse

noun

1. a dull gray grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of western North America, the male of which has a yellow or orange comb.

blue grouse

noun

1. a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus , of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue grouse¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

The gallinaceous birds include the large blue grouse of the coast, replaced in the Rocky Mountains by the dusky grouse.

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About Victoria there were found, he said, two species of grouse,—the ruffed grouse and the blue grouse.

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We flushed a big blue grouse with a brood of little ones, and at length another big one.

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I spent the day about a mile from camp on top of Blue Grouse Mountain, a prominent landmark of the country.

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Blue grouse are quite plentiful in western Washington and in the wooded sections of eastern Washington.

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