grouse | popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet |
black grouse | grouse of which the male is bluish-black |
European black grouse heathfowl Lyrurus tetrix | large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail |
Asian black grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi | a black grouse of western Asia |
red grouse moorfowl moorbird moor-bird moorgame Lagopus scoticus | reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain |
spruce grouse Canachites canadensis | North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles |
sage grouse sage hen Centrocercus urophasianus | large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America |
ruffed grouse partridge Bonasa umbellus | valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
prairie chicken prairie grouse prairie fowl | brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies |
sandgrouse sand grouse | pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus rufipennis | small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree, the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests |
spruce gall aphid Adelges abietis | a variety of adelgid |
American red squirrel spruce squirrel red squirrel Sciurus hudsonicus Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | of northern United States and Canada |
grouse | flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae, usually roasted, flesh too dry to broil |
spruce beer | a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt) |
spruce pine Pinus glabra | large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood |
shore pine lodgepole lodgepole pine spruce pine Pinus contorta | shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States, red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares |
spruce | any coniferous tree of the genus Picea |
spruce | light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees, used especially for timbers and millwork |
Norway spruce Picea abies | tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones |
weeping spruce Brewer's spruce Picea breweriana | medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches |
Engelmann spruce Engelmann's spruce Picea engelmannii | tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown, wood used for rough lumber and boxes |
white spruce Picea glauca | medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones |
black spruce Picea mariana spruce pine | small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage, inferior wood |
Siberian spruce Picea obovata | tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia, resembles Norway spruce |
Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis | a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada, has sharp stiff needles and thin bark, the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight |
oriental spruce Picea orientalis | evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets |
Colorado spruce Colorado blue spruce silver spruce Picea pungens | tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown, older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward |
red spruce eastern spruce yellow spruce Picea rubens | medium-sized spruce of eastern North America, chief lumber spruce of the area, source of pulpwood |
eastern hemlock Canadian hemlock spruce pine Tsuga canadensis | common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada, used especially for pulpwood |
green douglas fir douglas spruce douglas pine douglas hemlock Oregon fir Oregon pine Pseudotsuga menziesii | lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones |
bigone spruce bigone douglas fir Pseudotsuga macrocarpa | douglas fir of California having cones - inches long |
grouseberry grouse-berry grouse whortleberry Vaccinium scoparium | shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries |
spruce up spruce slick up smarten up | dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion, He spruced up for the party |
spruce up spruce titivate tittivate smarten up slick up spiff up | make neat, smart, or trim, Spruce up your house for Spring, titivate the child |
gripe bitch grouse crab beef squawk bellyache holler | complain, What was he hollering about? |
grouse | hunt grouse |
dapper dashing jaunty natty raffish rakish spiffy snappy spruce | marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners, a dapper young man, a jaunty red hat |