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ruffed grouse
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a partridge-like game bird, Bonasa umbellus, occurring in many subspecies across Canada.
See: birch partridge,Canadian partridge,partridge(def. 1),pheasant,white-flesher,willow,willow grouse(def. 2)
Quotations
1795
The Ruffed Grouse . . . is the most beautiful of all that are classed under that name.
1966
The ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, is the one that startles you in the woods with its explosive take-off.