Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of grouse, having falciform primaries, the type of which is Tetrao falcipennis of Hartlaub, or Falcipennis hartlaubi.
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On the other hand the upper reaches of the river that are covered by larch, dark coniferous and stone birch forests, provide refuge for capercaillie Tetrao parvirostris and Siberian spruce grouse Falcipennis falcipennis*.
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