| 单词 | spruce hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspruce hen spruce hen n. chiefly North American any of several grouse native to coniferous forests, spec. the spruce grouse, Falcipennis canadensis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > dendrogapus canadensis (spruce grouse) > female spruce hen1866 1866 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 18 Oct. 257/3 I was reminded of the great numbers of that bird I saw in the mountains of California and Oregon; called there grouse, or spruce-hen, from being found so much on the spruce tree. 1971 A. Fry Long Journey vii. 41 We came on half a dozen spruce hens. 2000 N. Cobb & C. W. Sasser Arctic Homestead xiii. 67 Les and Sid hunted for our meals, providing a fresh supply of snowshoe hare, spruce hen, which is our type of grouse, and an occasional porcupine for variety. < as lemmas |
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