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Bonasa

noun

ruffed grouse

• Syn: ↑genus Bonasa

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tetraonidae, ↑family Tetraonidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑ruffed grouse, ↑partridge, ↑Bonasa umbellus

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\\bōˈnāzə, -āsə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably alteration of Latin bonasus, aurochs; from the similarity of its characteristic drumming sound to the bellowing of a bull

: a genus of birds (family Tetraonidae) containing only the ruffed grouse

Useful english dictionary. 2012.