spruce grouse

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   North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles

   SynonymsCanachites canadensis

   Broadergrouse

   Part ofCanachites

Questions about spruce grouse

What does spruce grouse mean?

spruce grouse means "North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles".

What is another word for spruce grouse?

Close synonyms include Canachites canadensis. 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 spruce grouse a common word?

spruce 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.