Meaning & use
Cheeper
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A young game bird, such as a grouse or quail chick, that makes a high-pitched cheeping call.
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The hunting dog flushed a covey of cheepers from the tall grass.
Wildlife officers counted the cheepers to estimate the grouse population.
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Used mainly among hunters and wildlife biologists to describe young upland game birds still too small to fly well.
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