Phrase guide

black grouse

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈblæk ɡɹɑʊs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large, black bird with a lyre-shaped tail, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

grouse of which the male is bluish-black

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grouse

Narrower terms: European black grouse, heathfowl, Lyrurus tetrix, Asian black grouse, Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, blackcock, black cock, greyhen, grayhen, grey hen, gray hen, heath hen

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjeli lirë — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Southern Altai: кӱртӱк (kürtük) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Armenian: ցախաքլոր (cʻaxakʻlor) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Basque: lira-oilar — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Belarusian: цецяру́к (cjecjarúk) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Breton: skilgog du — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Bulgarian: тетрев (tetrev) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Catalan: gall de cua forcada — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑琴雞 /黑琴鸡 (hēiqínjī) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Czech: tetřívek — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Danish: urfugl — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Dutch: korhoen — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Erzya: вирятякш (viŕaťakš) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Esperanto: tetro — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Estonian: teder — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Faroese: orri — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Finnish: teeri — Lyrurus tetrix
  • French: tétras lyre — Lyrurus tetrix
  • West-Frisian: kuorhin — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Friulian: gjal forcjŕs — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Friulian: gjal forcel — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Friulian: forcel — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Galician: galo lira — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Georgian: როჭო (roč̣o) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • German: Birkhuhn — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Greek: λυροπετεινός (lyropeteinós) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Hungarian: nyírfajd — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Icelandic: orri — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Irish: liathchearc — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Italian: gallo forcello — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Italian: fagiano di monte — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Japanese: 黒雷鳥 (kuroraichō) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Kazakh: құр (qūr) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Korean: 멧닭 (metdak) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Ladin: gial fosch — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Latgalian: rubyns — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Latin: tetrao — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Latvian: rubenis — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Latvian: teteris — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Lithuanian: tetervinas — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Macedonian: мал тетреб (mal tetreb) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Mongolian: хур (xur) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Mongolian: хар хур (xar xur) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Nanai: поро (poro) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Norwegian: orrfugl — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Occitan: gal salvatge — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Old Norse: orri — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Persian: سیاه خروس (siyâh-e xorus) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Polish: cietrzew — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Portuguese: faisão montês — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Romanian: cocoș de mesteacăn — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Romansh: cot da draussa — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Romansh: gialina da draussa — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Russian: те́терев (téterev) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Russian: те́терев-коса́ч (téterev-kosáč) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Lule-Sami: hurre — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Northern Sami: hurri — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Southern Sami: hurrie — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Southern Sami: snåhta — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Sardinian: pidraxu de monti — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Sardinian: cirolitta — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Scottish Gaelic: coileach-dubh — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Scottish Gaelic: liath-chearc — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Serbo-Croatian: мали тетреб — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Serbo-Croatian: мали тетријеб — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Serbo-Croatian: mali tetreb — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Serbo-Croatian: mali tetrijeb — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Slovak: tetrov hoľniak — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Slovak: tetrov — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Slovene: ruševec — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Lower Sorbian: źiwa kokoš — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Upper Sorbian: ćećor — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Upper Sorbian: brězan — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Spanish: gallo lira — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Swedish: orre — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Turkish: orman horozu — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Turkish: huş tavuğu — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Ukrainian: тетеру́к (teterúk) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Ukrainian: те́терев (téterev) — Lyrurus tetrix
  • Welsh: grugiar ddu — Lyrurus tetrix