ruffled grouse

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a partridge-like game bird, Bonasa umbellus, occurring in many subspecies across Canada.

Quotations

1853

I knew it was not that, but the drumming of the ruffled grouse.

1869

We only succeeded in getting . . . two blue grouse . . . and one ruffled grouse . . . which we cooked for supper and found delicious.

1959

Ruffed Grouse [is also called] ruffled grouse. . . .