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capercailzie definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: large black Old World grouse [syn: capercaillie, capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus]

Merriam Webster's

noun see capercaillie

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Capercailzie Ca"per*cail`zie, or Capercally Ca"per*cal`ly, n. [Gael, capulcoile.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]