grouser

Variant of grouse

noun pl. grouse

any of a family (Tetraonidae) of gallinaceous game birds with a round, plump body, feathered legs, feather-covered nostrils, and mottled feathers, as the ruffed grouse or sage grouse

Origin: Early ModE < ?

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