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Definition of Red grouse
1. Noun. Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
Generic synonyms: Ptarmigan
Specialized synonyms: Moorhen, Moorcock
Definition of Red grouse
1. Noun. A medium-sized bird, ''Lagopus lagopus scotica'', of the grouse family, found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Grouse
Literary usage of Red grouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The red grouse indeed Is rarely or never found away from the heather on which
chiefly it subsists; while the willow-grouse in many parts of the Old World ..."
2. The Naturalist's Library by William Jardine (1834)
"WE now come to that section of the Grouse to which the red grouse and Ptarmigan
belong. They have been separated from the others under the title of ..."
3. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"On the extensive moors and dry central mountains of Scotland red grouse especially
abound, finding cover and protection from their enemies in the ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"Hybrid Grouse, between Blackcock and red grouse.— Two male, apparently hybrid
grouse, in very fine plumage, were exhibited. They show a resemblance to both ..."
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