grouse 1 |grous| noun ( pl. same)
a medium to large game bird with a plump body and feathered legs. Family Tetraonidae (or Phasianidae)ens.
• the flesh of this bird as food.
ORIGIN early 16th cent.: perhaps related to medieval Latin gruta or to Old French grue ‘crane.’
grouse 2 |graʊs| |graʊs|
verb [ intrans. ]
complain pettily; grumble
