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sage grouse
noun
- a large grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, of the sagebrush regions of western North America, having plumage of gray, buff, and black.
sage grouse
noun
- a large North American grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, the males of which perform elaborate courtship displays
Word History and Origins
Origin of sage grouse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sage grouse1
Example Sentences
The greater sage grouse, for example, remains loyal to its selected seasonal habitats even when they cease to serve its purposes of survival, mating, or raising chicks.
A peculiarity of the sage grouse is that it has no gizzard, but instead it has a stomach more like that of an animal.
The sage grouse, or sage hen is the largest of the grouse of America, some of the males weighing as much as seven pounds.
If they were sage grouse, I might not get near enough to them to shoot sure with my one arrow.
Sage grouse and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse are so nearly extinct that it may practically be said that they are extinct.
Sheridan and Johnson Counties (Wyoming) have sage grouse protected until 1915.
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