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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