(Frequently with unmarked plural.) Any of several North and Central American game birds resembling the Old World partridges but not closely…
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Bonasa > bonasa umbellus (ruffled grouse) (7) partridge1578 (Frequently with unmarked plural.) Any of several North and Central American game birds resembling the Old World partridges but not closely… pheasant1766 Any of various birds related to the pheasants or resembling them, esp. in having long tails; spec. (a) North American any of various grouse, esp.… birch partridge1823 a North American name for the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus. white flesher1827 the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus, which has pale flesh. ruffled grouse1850 the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus. willow grouse1850 (a) the common ptarmigan of North America, Lagopus albus; (b) the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus, called thus chiefly in British Columbia. pat1933 The ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus; = partridge, n. 1b(a). |
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