ˌkapə(r)ˈkāl(y)ē, ˌkāp- noun
or cap·er·cail·zie -ālzē
( -s )
Etymology: modification of Scottish Gaelic capalcoille, literally, horse of the woods, from capall mare, horse (akin to Old Irish capall horse, from Latin caballus ) + coille forest; akin to Middle Irish caill forest, Greek klados branch — more at cavalcade , gladiator
: a large true grouse ( Tetrao urogallus ) found in many wooded areas of Europe and Asia and in parts of Britain to which it has been reintroduced after being exterminated and where it feeds on fruits and small invertebrates and especially in winter on pine shoots which give the flesh a strong flavor, the dark-gray and black male being the size of a wild turkey and the mottled female much smaller — called also cock of the wood