Definition of Bonasa

1. Noun. Ruffed grouse.

Exact synonyms: Genus Bonasa
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Bonasa Umbellus, Partridge, Ruffed Grouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonasa

Bombycilla
Bombycilla cedrorun
Bombycilla garrulus
Bombycillidae
Bombyliidae
Bombyx mori
Bon Gula
Bonacker
Bonackers
Bonaire
Bonaparte
Bonapartean
Bonapartism
Bonapartist
Bonapartists
Bonasa (current term)
Bonasa umbellus
Bonchrétien
Bonchrétiens
Bond
Bond girls
Bond villain
Bond villains
Bondei
Bondi
Bondi Beach
Bondiana
Bondlike
Bonesman

Literary usage of Bonasa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hopkins's Pond and Other Sketches by Robert Tuttle Morris (1896)
"Bonasa UMBELLUS, REX. KING by courtesy of all game birds and subject to no authority whatsoever is the proud ruffed grouse of our North American forest. ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1905)
"198; and Bonasa, in these Supplements. KKT RULE NISI, a rule or order obtained in a cause pending in court upon an ex parie motion requiring the party ..."

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