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ruffed grouse

• a partridge-like game bird, Bonasa umbellus, occurring in many subspecies across Canada.

  See also: birch partridge  Canadian partridge  partridge (def. 1)  pheasant  white-flesher  willow  willow grouse (def. 2)  

  • 1795  (1911)  The Ruffed Grouse . . . is the most beautiful of all that are classed under that name.
  • 1966  The ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, is the one that startles you in the woods with its explosive take-off.