european black grouse

1. 1.

   large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail

   SynonymsheathfowlLyrurus tetrix

   Broaderblack grouse

Questions about european black grouse

What does european black grouse mean?

european black grouse means "large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail".

What is another word for european black grouse?

Close synonyms include heathfowl, Lyrurus tetrix. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is european black grouse a common word?

european black grouse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.