'red grouse' definitions:
Definition of 'red grouse'
(from WordNet)
noun
Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: red grouse, moorfowl, moorbird, moor-bird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus]
Definition of 'red grouse'
From: GCIDE
- moorfowl \moorfowl\, moor fowl \moor fowl\n. (Zool.)
- 1. A reddish-brown grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) of upland moors of Great Britain; the European ptarmigan, or {red grouse}, also called the moorgame.
- Syn: red grouse, moorbird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. The European heath grouse. See under Heath. [1913 Webster]