blue grouse

noun

a dull gray grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, of western North America, the male of which has a yellow or orange comb.

blue grouse

a grouse, Dendragapus obscurus , of W North America, having a bluish-grey plumage with a black tail

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

The gallinaceous birds include the large blue grouse of the coast, replaced in the Rocky Mountains by the dusky grouse.

About Victoria there were found, he said, two species of grouse,—the ruffed grouse and the blue grouse.

We flushed a big blue grouse with a brood of little ones, and at length another big one.

I spent the day about a mile from camp on top of Blue Grouse Mountain, a prominent landmark of the country.

Blue grouse are quite plentiful in western Washington and in the wooded sections of eastern Washington.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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