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Capercaillie

//kæpɚˈkeɪli// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.
  2. 2
    large black Old World grouse wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots capercailzie (for the -z-, see Mackenzie and tailzie), a corruption of Scottish Gaelic capall (“horse”) + coille (“of the woods”).

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