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ruffled grouse 
a partridge-like game bird, Bonasa umbellus, occurring in many subspecies across Canada.
See also: ruffed grouse
- 1853 I knew it was not that, but the drumming of the ruffled grouse.
- 1869 We only succeeded in getting . . . two blue grouse . . . and one ruffled grouse . . . which we cooked for supper and found delicious.
- 1959 Ruffed Grouse [is also called] ruffled grouse. . . .
- 1853 I knew it was not that, but the drumming of the ruffled grouse.