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# capercaillie

noun (a capercaillie, capercaillies; also capercailzie)

«capercaillie» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A very large wild bird of the grouse family that lives in pine forests in Scotland, Scandinavia and other cold parts of Europe and Asia. The males are black and puff out their tails in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capercaillie/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons, especially in Scotland, it is an endangered bird that people work to protect. In spring the males gather and make clicking and popping sounds to attract females. Phrases: "capercaillie display".

### Examples

- The capercaillie is the biggest grouse in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capercaillie/#x1)
- Capercaillies live in old Scottish pine forests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capercaillie/#x2)
- The male capercaillie fanned out his tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capercaillie/#x3)
- Only a few capercaillies are left in Scotland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capercaillie/#x4)
- Keep dogs on a lead so they don't disturb capercaillies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capercaillie/#x5)

### Note

Pronounced "kap-er-KAY-lee". Its name comes from Scottish Gaelic and means "horse of the woods".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «capercaillie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capercaillie/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«capercaillie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/capercaillie.html) on Mova free.