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sharp-tailed grouse

• a species of grouse, Pedicetes phasianellus, found in the West and North.

  See also: pheasant  pintailed grouse  prairie chicken (def. 2)  prairie hen (def. 2)  

  • 1785  Sharp-tailed Grouse.
  • 1795  (1911)  Sharp-tailed Grouse . . . are always found in the Southern parts of the Bay, are very plentiful in the interior parts of the country, and in some Winters a few of them are shot at York Fort.
  • 1896  (1898)  The sharp-tailed grouse and a few species of small deer were common in the bush covering the foothills.
  • 1966  Up in the Hudson Bay region we have the sharp-tailed grouse and the willow ptarmigan. . . .