capercaillie

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
23
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/kæpəˈkeɪli/ (UK)
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/kæpəˈkeɪli/ (UK) · /kæpɚˈkeɪli/

Definition of capercaillie

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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Etymology

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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