capercaillie

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots capercailzie, a corruption of Scottish Gaelic capall (“horse”) + coille (“of the woods”).

noun

  1. A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.

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