Usage of "moor-bird" | TermGallery

Spanish

Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.

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Examples for "moorfowl"

The moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation. 
 John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars... 

If she were to come, she would come, and I in the dark of the moon and the moorfowl calling. 
 Messer Marco Polo 

GROUSE.-Thesebirds are divided into wood grouse, black grouse, red grouse, and white grouse. 
 The Book of Household Management 

And I also saw a covey of red grouse. 
 The Land of Painted Caves 

But you'd be lucky: the red grouse is a wary bird that has declined here. 
 The Irish Times 

The red grouse, gorcock, or moor-cock, weighs about nineteen ounces, and the female somewhat less. 
 The Book of Household Management 

On Northumbrian moors the red grouse and the black grouse live in virtually identical habitats. 
 The Red Queen 

The moorgame is every where to be had. 
 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 

Translations for moor-bird

Spanish

Meanings of moor-bird in English