Sage grouse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America
    sage hen; Centrocercus urophasianus.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a very large American grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female sage hen.

Webster 1913