red grouse

noun

A medium-sized bird, Lagopus scotica, of the grouse family, found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.

Similar
moorbirdmoorcockmoorfowlmoor-birdmoorgameLagopus scoticus
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Meanings

nounred grouse (plural red grouse)
  1. A medium-sized bird, Lagopus scotica, of the grouse family, found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.

    Synonyms: moorbird, moorcock, moorfowl

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA medium-sized bird, Lagopus scotica, of the grouse family, found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.

Similar
moorbirdmoorcockmoorfowl

More synonyms by meaning

nounreddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain

Similar
moorfowlmoorbirdmoor-birdmoorgameLagopus scoticus
Broader
ptarmigan
Also see
moorbirdmoorfowl

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan perdiu d'Escòcia
  • perdiu d'EscòciaLagopus lagopus scotica
Finnish nummiriekko
  • nummiriekkoLagopus lagopus scotica
German Schottisches Moorschneehuhn
  • Schottisches MoorschneehuhnLagopus lagopus scotica
Hungarian skótfajd
  • skótfajdLagopus lagopus scotica
Irish cearc fhraoigh, coileach fraoigh
  • cearc fhraoighLagopus lagopus scotica
  • coileach fraoighLagopus lagopus scotica
Italian lagopo, pernice bianca scozzese
  • lagopoLagopus lagopus scotica
  • pernice bianca scozzeseLagopus lagopus scotica
Latin Lagopus lagopus scotica
  • Lagopus lagopus scoticaLagopus lagopus scotica
Polish pardwa szkocka
  • pardwa szkockaLagopus lagopus scotica
Scottish Gaelic coileach-fraoich, cearc-fhraoich
  • coileach-fraoichLagopus lagopus scotica
  • cearc-fhraoichLagopus lagopus scotica
  • ruadh-chearcLagopus lagopus scotica
  • coileach-ruadhLagopus lagopus scotica
Welsh grugiar goch
  • grugiar gochLagopus lagopus scotica
Cite this entry
APA

red grouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20grouse

MLA

“red grouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20grouse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red grouse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20grouse.

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