capercaillie
pronunciation
How to pronounce capercaillie in British English:
UK [ˌkæpəˈkeɪli]
How to pronounce capercaillie in American English:
US [ˌkæpərˈkeɪli]
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- Noun:
- large black Old World grouse
Word Origin
- capercaillie
- capercaillie: [16] The name of the capercaillie, a very large species of grouse, means literally ‘horse of the woods’ in Scots Gaelic. The Gaelic form of the word is capalcoille, a compound formed from capall ‘horse’ (probably borrowed from Latin caballus ‘horse’, source of English cavalier) and coille ‘woods’.=> cavalier