grouse

English Thesaurus

1. popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	game bird,
definition	:	any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	black grouse,
definition	:	grouse of which the male is bluish-black (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ptarmigan,
definition	:	large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	capercaillie, capercailzie, horse of the wood, tetrao urogallus,
definition	:	large black Old World grouse (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	canachites canadensis, spruce grouse,
definition	:	North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	centrocercus urophasianus, sage grouse, sage hen,
definition	:	large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	bonasa umbellus, partridge, ruffed grouse,
definition	:	valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	pedioecetes phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse, sprig tail, sprigtail,
definition	:	large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse,
definition	:	brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	grouse,
definition	:	flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil (noun.food)

member meronym	:	family tetraonidae, tetraonidae,
definition	:	grouse (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	covey,
definition	:	a small flock of grouse or partridge (noun.group)

2. flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil (noun.food)

hypernym	:	wildfowl,
definition	:	flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food (noun.food)

part meronym	:	grouse,
definition	:	popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet (noun.animal)

domain category	:	game bird,
definition	:	any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport (noun.animal)

3. complain (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off,
definition	:	express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness (verb.communication)

4. hunt grouse (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	fowl,
definition	:	hunt fowl in the forest (verb.competition)

5. popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet (noun.animal)

derivation	:	grouse, grouse,
definition	:	hunt grouse (verb.competition)

6. complain (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beef, bitch, gripe, kick, squawk,
definition	:	informal terms for objecting (noun.communication)

derivation	:	crab, crabby person,
definition	:	a quarrelsome grouch (noun.person)

derivation	:	bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner,
definition	:	a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining (noun.person)

7. hunt grouse (verb.competition)

derivation	:	grouse,
definition	:	popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet (noun.animal)

derivation	:	grouse,
definition	:	flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil (noun.food)

8. popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet (noun.animal)

derivation	:	grouse, grouse,
definition	:	hunt grouse (verb.competition)

9. complain (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beef, bitch, gripe, kick, squawk,
definition	:	informal terms for objecting (noun.communication)

derivation	:	crab, crabby person,
definition	:	a quarrelsome grouch (noun.person)

derivation	:	bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner,
definition	:	a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining (noun.person)

10. hunt grouse (verb.competition)

derivation	:	grouse,
definition	:	popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet (noun.animal)

derivation	:	grouse,
definition	:	flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil (noun.food)