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capercaillie

/kæpəˈkeɪli/US/kæpɚˈkeɪli/

capercaillie noun: a large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.

capercaillie: a large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western...
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Noun

capercaillie (plural capercaillies)

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

capercaillie meaning in Tamil

capercaillie in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of capercaillie

Forms of capercaillie

pluralcapercaillies
alternative formcapercailye
alternative formcapercaillye
alternative formcapercailzie
alternative formcapercally

Origin of capercaillie

Borrowed from Scots capercailzie (for the -z-, see Mackenzie and tailzie), a corruption of Scottish Gaelic capall (“horse”) + coille (“of the woods”).

Words formed from capercaillie

Words that rhyme with capercaillie

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Questions about capercaillie

What does capercaillie mean?
Capercaillie means a large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.
What is capercaillie in Tamil?
Capercaillie in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Capercaillie meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capercaillie?
Capercaillie is a noun.
How do you pronounce capercaillie?
Capercaillie is pronounced /kæpəˈkeɪli/ (UK).
What is the plural of capercaillie?
The plural of capercaillie is capercaillies.

Words near capercaillie in the dictionary

  1. caper-cutting
  2. caperberries
  3. caperberry
  4. caperbush
  5. caperbushes
  6. capercaillie
  7. capercaillies
  8. capercailye
  9. capercailyes
  10. capercailzie
  11. capercailzies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capercaillie (page history and authors); capercaillie (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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