moorfowl
the red grouse.
Origin of moorfowl
1- Also called moorbird.
Words Nearby moorfowl
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How to use moorfowl in a sentence
From him I learned the story many years before he was either a publican, or a guide, except to moorfowl shooters.
Rob Roy, Volume 1., Illustrated | Sir Walter ScottIn the same way moorfowl means, not a moor that is connected with a fowl, but a fowl that is connected with a moor.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon LathamWe had a moorfowl and mutton-chops for dinner, well cooked, and a reasonable charge.
Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 | Dorothy WordsworthThe young of moorfowl, larks, pipits, and summer snipe constitute its food on the fells.
Poachers and Poaching | John WatsonThe moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation.
John Splendid | Neil Munro
British Dictionary definitions for moorfowl
/ (ˈmʊəˌfaʊl, ˈmɔː-) /
(in British game laws) an archaic name for red grouse Compare heathfowl
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