spruce hen
noun1
Synonym of spruce grouse (Dendrapagus canadensis)
- Well, I had the damndest time pointing that spruce hen out to Buck.2010 -, Kitty Noirot, Noirot’s Call of the Moose: The Biography of Clark Noirot, →ISBN:
- My other brother Gust Jensen and his friend, Paul Zachar, were out hunting for spruce hen, too.2013, Barbara Atwater, Walter's Story: Pedro Bay, Alaska -- Past, Present, and Distant Memories, →ISBN:
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- Spruce hens are mostly found in or near spruce trees, and there are usually 10 to 20 in a flock.2014, Deborah Wood, The Legend of River Mahay, →ISBN: