spruce hen

plural spruce hens

1. Synonym of spruce grouse (Dendrapagus canadensis)

   Well, I had the damndest time pointing that spruce hen out to Buck.

   2010 -, Kitty Noirot, Noirot’s Call of the Moose: The Biography of Clark Noirot, →ISBN

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   My other brother Gust Jensen and his friend, Paul Zachar, were out hunting for spruce hen, too.

   2013, Barbara Atwater, Walter's Story: Pedro Bay, Alaska -- Past, Present, and Distant Memories, →ISBN

   Spruce hens are mostly found in or near spruce trees, and there are usually 10 to 20 in a flock.

   2014, Deborah Wood, The Legend of River Mahay, →ISBN

   Synonyms: spruce grouse