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sage grouse
noun
- a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
sage grouse
noun
- a large North American grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, the males of which perform elaborate courtship displays
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sage grouse1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sage grouse1
C19: so named because it lives among, and eats, sagebrush
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Example Sentences
A peculiarity of the sage grouse is that it has no gizzard, but instead it has a stomach more like that of an animal.
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The sage grouse, or sage hen is the largest of the grouse of America, some of the males weighing as much as seven pounds.
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If they were sage grouse, I might not get near enough to them to shoot sure with my one arrow.
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Sage grouse and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse are so nearly extinct that it may practically be said that they are extinct.
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Sheridan and Johnson Counties (Wyoming) have sage grouse protected until 1915.
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