i., zool. ormantavuğu

Turkish - English

Definition of i., zool. ormantavuğu in Turkish English dictionary

grouse

A cause for complaint

To complain or grumble. As in 'Duck or Grouse', often written on low beams in pubs

{n} a fine kind of bird found on heaths

The form grouse is used as the plural for meaning 1

Any of various game birds of the family Tetraonidae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere

A grouse is a wild bird with a round body. Grouse are often shot for sport and can be eaten. The party had been to the grouse moors that morning. Grouse is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. The menu included roast grouse

A grouse is a complaint. There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices. Any of various plump, chickenlike game birds of the family Tetraonidae, chiefly of the Northern Hemisphere and having mottled brown or grayish plumage. to complain about something = moan grouse about. Any of various game birds in the family Tetraonidae (order Galliformes), including the prairie chicken and ptarmigan, or the sandgrouse (order Columbiformes). The best-known Old World species is the black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) of Wales, Scotland, Scandinavia, and northern central Europe. The male, iridescent blue-black with white wing bars, may be 22 in. (55 cm) long and weigh about 4 lbs (almost 2 kg); the smaller female is mottled brown and barred with black. Grouse are noted for the male's communal courtship dances. The best-known North American species is the ruffed grouse

The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet

They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage

excellent

popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil hunt grouse

To seek or shoot grouse

If you grouse, you complain. `How come we never know what's going on?' he groused When they groused about the parking regulations, they did it with good humor

{f} (Slang) complain; criticize

Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidæ, and subfamily Tetraoninæ, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America

{i} wild chicken; criticism (Slang)

hunt grouse

To complain or grumble. As in Duck or Grouse, often written on low beams in pubs

Hyphenation

i., zo·ol. or·man·ta·vu·ğu