Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/January 5

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Word of the day
for January 5
grouse n
  1. (countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
  2. (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

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  1. A cause for complaint; a grumble.

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grouse adj

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Excellent.

Today is National Bird Day in the USA, which is promoted by the Avian Welfare Coalition to encourage the leaving of birds in the wild and to improve the welfare of birds in captivity.

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