Bonasa
-
WordNet 3.6
- n Bonasa ruffed grouse
- ***
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
-
- n bonasa A genus of gallinaceous birds, of the family Tetraonidæ, containing especially B. betulina, the hazel-grouse of Europe, and B. umbella, the ruffed grouse, pheasant, or partridge of North America. They have a ruffle of feathers on each side of the neck, a broad fan-shaped tail, partly feathered shanks, and a small crest. They are woodland birds, noted for their habit of drumming, whence probably their name, the noise being likened to the bellowing of a bull.
- ***
In literature:
Partridge, OR ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
"Wake-Robin" by John Burroughs
***