capercaillie

n. [动]北欧产雷鸟之一种

发音

UK /kæpəˈkeɪli/
其它
US /kæpɚˈkeɪli/

词形变化

capercaillies 复数 capercaillies

别名

capercailye capercaillye capercailzie capercally

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

capercailzie

上位词 1

grouse

相关短语

western capercaillie black-billed capercaillie

词源

Borrowed from Scots capercailzie (for the -z-, see Mackenzie and tailzie), a corruption of Scottish Gaelic capall (“horse”) + coille (“of the woods”).

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