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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The leading genus of Tetraonidæ, formerly including all the grouse, but subsequently variously restricted, now to the capercaillie, T. urogallus, and some closely related species. See cut under capercaillie.
WordNet 3.0
- n. type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies
Examples
“The heath-hen (_tetrao cupido_), or as it is here called, the”
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
“It was then familiarly known as the Seeds-ke-dee-agie, or Prairie Hen (_tetrao urophasianus_) river;”
“We shot this day two prairie hens, (tetrao umbellus) on which we supped, having dined on some jerked buffalo, brought by Rogers from the”
Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811
“Quails (tetrao corturnix, Lin.) are birds of passage from the coast of”
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“(tetrao europhasianus) _ was occasionally seen among the sage.”
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