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Definition of Capercaillies
1. capercaillie [n] - See also: capercaillie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capercaillies
Literary usage of Capercaillies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capercaillie in Scotland by John Alexander Harvie-Brown (1888)
"NOT only are capercaillies accused of driving away black game, but in some
localities (though not generally, as far as I can learn) they are said to drive ..."
2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"By the end of 1839 there appear to have been fifty-four adult capercaillies at
Taymouth ; in 1841 favourable reports were received of the hatching of eggs ..."
3. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"In woodlands are black grouse, white-billed capercaillies, hazel grouse, ...
These attract northern hazel hens and capercaillies fanning out tails in ..."
4. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1904)
"The Norwegian Bishop, Pontoppidan, says capercaillies bury themselves in the snow
in winter, and that the Foxes find this ont and kill them. ..."
5. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"capercaillies have even been known to attack horses. A Marabou Stork which I had
in my yard at Chartum put my tame lion (!) to flight with repeated strokes ..."
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