Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology
- Having a sharp-pointed tail: as, the sharp-tailed grouse, Pediœcetes phasianellus or colwmbianus, the common prairie-hen of northwestern parts of America. See cut under
Pediœcetes . - Having acute or acuminate tail-feathevs: specifically said of a finch, Ammodromus caudacutus, a small sparrow of the marshes of eastern parts of the United States and Canada, and of a sandpiper, Actodromas acuminata, of Alaska and Asia.
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Examples
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In Montana you cannot shoot a sharp-tailed grouse in the C.M. Russell Game Range with a lead shotshell!
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Where early travelers saw sharp-tailed grouse, bison, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, numerous beaver and even wolverines, today they see dust, feral horses, and noxious weeds including cheatgrass, halogeton and Russian thistle.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Where early travelers saw sharp-tailed grouse, bison, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, numerous beaver and even wolverines, today they see dust, feral horses, and noxious weeds including cheatgrass, halogeton and Russian thistle.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Where early travelers saw sharp-tailed grouse, bison, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, numerous beaver and even wolverines, today they see dust, feral horses, and noxious weeds including cheatgrass, halogeton and Russian thistle.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Where early travelers saw sharp-tailed grouse, bison, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, numerous beaver and even wolverines, today they see dust, feral horses, and noxious weeds including cheatgrass, halogeton and Russian thistle.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In Montana you cannot shoot a sharp-tailed grouse in the C.M. Russell Game Range with a lead shotshell!
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I saw a sharp-tailed grouse fly into a barb-wire fence one time in northeastern Montana and kill itself.
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Amongst birds, for example, there is evidence that ecological specialists and rare species such as the willet, seaside sparrow and sharp-tailed sparrow are less abundant in P. australis stands than non-P. australis stands.
Phragmites australis - cryptic invasion of the Common Reed in North America 2009
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The sharp-tailed grouse, greater prairie chicken, and bobwhite are present in fair numbers; but the northern greater prairie chicken is classified as threatened.
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Sage grouse, greater prairie chickens, and sharp-tailed grouse are present in the area.
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