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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A species of black Old World grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods and horse of the wood.

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  • noun Alternative form of capercaillie.

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  • noun large black Old World grouse

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Examples

  • Typical tundra species are reindeer Rangifer tarandus, alpine willow-grouse Lagopus lagopus and Mongolian plover Charadrius mongolus; taiga species include brown bear Ursus arctos, wolverine Gulo gulo (VU), common otter Lutra lutra (VU), lynx Felis lynx (EN), wild boar Sus scrofa, Siberian elk (maral) Cervus elaphus songaricus, capercailzie Tetrao urogallus and tawny owl Strix aluco.

    Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia 2008

  • Nor any game, such as grouse, partridge, pheasant, capercailzie, wild duck; nor any cheese, nor fruit, nor pastry, nor coffee, nor eau de vie; and avoid all sweets.

    Letters to Dead Authors 2006

  • Black cock, or capercailzie, are a sort of glorified partridge with glossy, iridescent plumage.

    Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

  • Black cock, or capercailzie, are a sort of glorified partridge with glossy, iridescent plumage.

    Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

  • Black cock, or capercailzie, are a sort of glorified partridge with glossy, iridescent plumage.

    Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

  • If my childhood memories of country life are still reliable, a woodcock is a shy creature with a soft, mothlike flight (la bécasse des bois in French), whereas le coq de bruyère is a capercailzie or grouse, a species noted for the flamboyant mating behavior of the male birds.

    Polymorphic Peter Pan Weightman, John 1984

  • "I could bring him down like a capercailzie," said M'Iver, coolly, running his eye along his pistol and cocking it through his keek-hole.

    John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

  • Ericson swallowed the leg and the wing of the capercailzie without any further mastication, and launched out in a torrent of admiration of the most prodigious courage the world had ever seen.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various

  • England: one is the black grouse, common in the pine woods of Scotland and of the northern part of England, and elsewhere; the other is the capercailzie or cock of the woods.

    The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

  • Albert had sport -- nineteen roe-deer on the first day, besides hares, pheasants, grouse, and a capercailzie, all which trophies were spread out before the house.

    Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Anonymous

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