Search Result for "capercaillie":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. large black Old World grouse;
[syn: capercaillie, capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Capercailzie \Ca"per*cail`zie\, or Capercally \Ca"per*cal`ly\, n. [Gael, capulcoile.] (Zool.) A species of black Old World grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods and horse of the wood. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.] [1913 Webster]
