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