Crossword clues for moorfowl
The Collaborative International Dictionary
moorfowl
moorfowl \moorfowl\, moor fowl \moor fowl\n. (Zo["o]l.)
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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.
The European heath grouse. See under Heath.
Wiktionary
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.