Definition of Canachites

1. Noun. Spruce grouse.

Exact synonyms: Genus Canachites
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Canachites Canadensis, Spruce Grouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canachites

Camus
Camusian
Can.
CanCon
CanE
CanOD
Cana
Canaan
Canaan Dog
Canaanism
Canaanite
Canaanites
Canaanitic
Canaanitic language
Canaanitish
Canachites
Canachites canadensis
Canad.
Canada Day
Canada Dry
Canada anemone
Canada balsam
Canada garlic
Canada geese
Canada ginger
Canada goose
Canada jay
Canada jays
Canada lily

Literary usage of Canachites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"... Greenland, and western Alaska. [B 46o,part, C 380,part, R 472,part, C 555, part.](7. canachites canadensis labradorite BANGS. Labrador Spruce Grouse. ..."

2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"114 (1900) [North-west Territory, Northern British Columbia, and Alaska north to the coast mountains]. canachites canadensis (Liun. ..."

3. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"canachites canadensis canace. i Two small wood grouse, notable for their extreme simplicity and lack of fear of man, are found in the evergreen country, ..."

4. Through the Mackenzie Basin: A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River by Charles Mair, Roderick Ross MacFarlane (1908)
"CANADA GROUSE—canachites canadensis (Linn.). This grouse breeds at Fort Providence, where a male and ... FRANKLIN'S GROUSE—canachites franklinii (Douglas). ..."

5. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"237 (21)8) canachites CANADENSIS. i I.,vv : Canada Grouse. Spruce Partridge. Throughout British America; occurs in United States in northern New England, ..."

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