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HORSE OF THE WOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horse of the wood mean?
• HORSE OF THE WOOD (noun)
The noun HORSE OF THE WOOD has 1 sense:
1. large black Old World grouse
Familiarity information: HORSE OF THE WOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large black Old World grouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
capercaillie; capercailzie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus
Hypernyms ("horse of the wood" is a kind of...):
grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)
Holonyms ("horse of the wood" is a member of...):
genus Tetrao; Tetrao (type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies)
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