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sharp-tailed grouse
[ shahrp-teyld ]
noun
- a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sharp-tailed grouse1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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Example Sentences
The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse is the "prairie chicken" of eastern Washington.
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During the course of the forenoon he and Bell went off again, and brought home an old and young of the Sharp-tailed Grouse.
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The Sharp-tailed Grouse feeds on rose-berries and the seeds of the wild sunflower and grasshoppers.
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The Sharp-tailed Grouse are first-rate eating now, as they feed entirely on grasshoppers, and berries of different kinds.
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After Harris returned to the fort he saw six Sharp-tailed Grouse.
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