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Meanings of moorfowl in English

Spanish
lagópodo escocés

Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.

lagópodo escocés
Synonyms
Examples for "red grouse"
Examples for "red grouse"
1
GROUSE.-Thesebirds are divided into wood grouse, black grouse, red grouse, and white grouse.
The Book of Household Management
2
And I also saw a covey of red grouse.
The Land of Painted Caves
3
But you'd be lucky: the red grouse is a wary bird that has declined here.
The Irish Times
4
The red grouse, gorcock, or moor-cock, weighs about nineteen ounces, and the female somewhat less.
The Book of Household Management
5
On Northumbrian moors the red grouse and the black grouse live in virtually identical habitats.
The Red Queen
1
The moorgame is every where to be had.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Usage of moorfowl in English
1
The moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation.
John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars...
2
If she were to come, she would come, and I in the dark of the moon and the moorfowl calling.
Messer Marco Polo
Translations for moorfowl
Moorfowl through the time