grouse
Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
Other meanings
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
A cause for complaint; a grumble.
Word history
From Latin "grūs" (crane).
Where this comes from
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