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moorfowl

moorfowl \moorfowl\, moor fowl \moor fowl\n. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. 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.

  2. The European heath grouse. See under Heath.

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moorfowl

n. The red grouse.

WordNet
moorfowl

n. reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: red grouse, moorbird, moor-bird, 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.