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Noun: ruffed grouse  rúft graws
  1. A North American game bird with dark neck ruffs, found in woodlands
    "The ruffed grouse drummed its wings while perched on a fallen log";
    - partridge [N. Amer, informal], Bonasa umbellus

Derived forms: ruffed grouse

Type of: grouse

Part of: Bonasa, genus Bonasa

Encyclopedia: Ruffed grouse