Meanings
nounblack grouse (plural black grouse or black grouses)
plural black grouses
- A large, black bird with a lyre-shaped tail, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix).
The shy black grouse, “with an eye on every feather,” can only thrive in vast, absolutely undisturbed heath and moorlands. Therefore, unfortunately, there are not too many black grouse.
1979, Rien Poortvliet, translated by Marlies Comjean, “The Black Grouse”, in The Living Forest: A World of Animals, New York, N.Y.: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; Peacock Press/Bantam Books, →ISBN
Translations
Basque lira-oilar
- lira-oilarLyrurus tetrix
Bulgarian тетрев
- тетрев (tetrev)Lyrurus tetrix
Catalan gall de cua forcada
- gall de cua forcadaLyrurus tetrix
Chinese Mandarin 黑琴雞 /黑琴鸡
- 黑琴雞 /黑琴鸡 (hēiqínjī)Lyrurus tetrix
Czech tetřívek
- tetřívekLyrurus tetrix
Danish urfugl
- urfuglLyrurus tetrix
Dutch korhoen
- korhoenLyrurus tetrix
Esperanto tetro
- tetroLyrurus tetrix
Estonian teder
- tederLyrurus tetrix
Finnish teeri
- teeriLyrurus tetrix
French tétras lyre
- tétras lyreLyrurus tetrix
German Birkhuhn
- BirkhuhnLyrurus tetrix
Greek λυροπετεινός
- λυροπετεινός (lyropeteinós)Lyrurus tetrix
Hungarian nyírfajd
- nyírfajdLyrurus tetrix
Icelandic orri
- orriLyrurus tetrix
Irish liathchearc
- liathchearcLyrurus tetrix
Italian gallo forcello, fagiano di monte
- gallo forcelloLyrurus tetrix
- fagiano di monteLyrurus tetrix
Japanese 黒雷鳥
- 黒雷鳥 (kuroraichō)Lyrurus tetrix
Korean 멧닭
- 멧닭 (metdak)Lyrurus tetrix
Latin tetrao
- tetraoLyrurus tetrix
Latvian rubenis, teteris
- rubenisLyrurus tetrix
- teterisLyrurus tetrix
Lithuanian tetervinas
- tetervinasLyrurus tetrix
Norwegian orrfugl
- orrfuglLyrurus tetrix
Persian سیاه خروس
- سیاه خروس (siyâh-e xorus)Lyrurus tetrix
Polish cietrzew
- cietrzewLyrurus tetrix
Portuguese faisão montês
- faisão montêsLyrurus tetrix
Romanian cocoș de mesteacăn
- cocoș de mesteacănLyrurus tetrix
Russian те́терев, те́терев-коса́ч
- те́терев (téterev)Lyrurus tetrix
- те́терев-коса́ч (téterev-kosáč)Lyrurus tetrix
Scottish Gaelic coileach-dubh, liath-chearc
- coileach-dubhLyrurus tetrix
- liath-chearcLyrurus tetrix
Slovak tetrov hoľniak, tetrov
- tetrov hoľniakLyrurus tetrix
- tetrovLyrurus tetrix
Spanish gallo lira
- gallo liraLyrurus tetrix
Swedish orre
- orreLyrurus tetrix
Turkish orman horozu, huş tavuğu
- orman horozuLyrurus tetrix
- huş tavuğuLyrurus tetrix
Ukrainian тетеру́к, те́терев
- тетеру́к (teterúk)Lyrurus tetrix
- те́терев (téterev)Lyrurus tetrix
Welsh grugiar ddu
- grugiar dduLyrurus tetrix
Cite this entry
APA
black grouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20grouse
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Chicago
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