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Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
Answer for the clue "Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain ", 8 letters:
moorfowl
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The red grouse.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: red grouse , moorbird , moor-bird , moorgame , Lagopus scoticus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
moorfowl \moorfowl\, moor fowl \moor fowl\n. (Zo["o]l.) A reddish-brown grouse ( Lagopus Scoticus ) of upland moors of Great Britain; the European ptarmigan, or red grouse , also called the moorgame . Syn: red grouse, moorbird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus ...
Usage examples of moorfowl.
From thence they had marched but a few miles northward along the Shannon’s boggy western bank, grown up with cotton grass and bog bean, alive with ravens and jays and moorfowl calling among towering birches and spear-straight rushes.