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Pterocletes :: Pterocletes (n. pl.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphae.

Pintail :: Pintail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail..

Sharptail :: Sharptail (n.) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken..

Grouse :: Grouse (n. sing. & pl.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet..

Hen :: Hen (n.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen..

Gorcock :: Gorcock (n.) The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse..

Gallinae :: Gallinae (n.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores..

Schizognathous :: Schizognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds..

Grouse :: Grouse (v. i.) To seek or shoot grouse.

Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..

Blackcock :: Blackcock (n.) The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse..

Lyre Bird :: Lyre bird () Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail..

Pheasant :: Pheasant (n.) The ruffed grouse.

Partridge :: Partridge (n.) The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).

Sprang :: Sprigtail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse.

Poult :: Poult (n.) A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like..

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse..

Drumming :: Drumming (n.) The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides..

Capercally :: Capercally (n.) A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods..

Grouser :: Grouser (n.) A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage..

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