I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Birds under threat include dunlin, golden plover, black grouse , merlin and hen harrier.
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On Northumbrian moors the red grouse and the black grouse live in virtually identical habitats.
sage
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A sage grouse in full mating display will compete for the attentions of females on the lek.
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We are not like sage grouse whose marriages last for minutes.
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A male gorilla or sage grouse does not refuse to mate with a female because of her appearance.
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It is the same for sage grouse .
■ NOUN
moor
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Only 25 percent of nests on managed grouse moors were successful compared with 75 percent on unmanaged moors.
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A 1,500-acre grouse moor will generate enough electricity in this way to power a town of 6,000 people.
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His grouse moors stretched further than she could see.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As we walked, grouse rose from the heather, calling out in alarm,.
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It is the same for sage grouse .
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Meanwhile, a grouse landed in an apple tree beside me, then flew down to the ground and walked away.
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This recipe works well with any of the small birds-quail, squab, grouse .
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Throughout the day the grouse drums in the woods, and the woodcock performs its exuberant ritual at dawn and dusk.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Everything tastes the same," George groused.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He nagged at Fritz, he groused about the dull food, he broke some plates against the wall.
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So Brick, who had at first dismay, now had no room to grouse .
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Stuyvesant, grousing, harassed the exiles and hampered their efforts to buy homes and cemetery plots.
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There was some grousing about the way the game had gone but, for the most part, we were pretty good.
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They do not have too much to grouse about, though: the family's income is about 1,600 yuan a month.