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singing grounds

singing grounds is the plural of singing ground.

Meaning of singing ground

Noun

singing ground (plural singing grounds)

  1. A place where certain species of male birds, especially the woodcock and capercaillie, congregate to sing and display themselves, in order to attract a female.
    • There was one instance of a male observed copulating with a decoy while a live female was on the singing ground 8 feet away . It could not be proved the other bird was a female but the observer was within a few feet and the size and actions of this bird were typical of other females seen on singing...1952, John Warren Aldrich, U.S. Fish, Wildlife Service, Investigations of Woodcock, Snipe and Rails in 1951

Questions about singing grounds

What is singing grounds the plural of?
Singing grounds is the plural of singing ground.

Words near singing grounds in the dictionary

  1. singing from the same hymn sheet
  2. singing from the same hymnbook
  3. singing girl
  4. singing girls
  5. singing ground
  6. singing grounds
  7. singing hinnies
  8. singing hinny
  9. singing Kumbaya
  10. singing like a bird
  11. singing like a canary

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