grouse - popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

game bird - any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport

wildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food

family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae - grouse

black grouse - grouse of which the male is bluish-black

ptarmigan - large arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage

capercaillie, capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus - large black Old World grouse

Canachites canadensis, spruce grouse - North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles

Centrocercus urophasianus, sage grouse, sage hen - large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America

Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse, partridge - valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

Pedioecetes phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse, sprig tail, sprigtail - large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America

prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse - brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies

game bird - any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport

grouse - flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

covey - a small flock of grouse or partridge

fowl - hunt fowl in the forest

kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"