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Noun: capercaillie  ,ka-pu(r)'key-lee
  1. Large black Old World grouse
    "The capercaillie is the largest member of the grouse family";
    - capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus

Derived forms: capercaillies

Type of: grouse

Part of: genus Tetrao, Tetrao

Encyclopedia: Capercaillie