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Red grouse   /rɛd graʊs/   Listen
Red grouse

noun
1.
Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.  Synonyms: Lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, moorbird, moorfowl, moorgame.






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... musicus) hardly at all from their respective males; yet all build open nests. On the other hand, the not very distantly-allied water-ouzel (Cinclus aquaticus) builds a domed nest, and the sexes differ about as much as in the ring-ouzel. The black and red grouse (Tetrao tetrix and T. scoticus) build open nests in equally well-concealed spots, but in the one species the sexes differ greatly, and ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin



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