blackcock

[ blak-kok ]

noun

1. the male of the black grouse.

blackcock

/ ˈblækˌkɒk /

noun

1. See greyhen
   the male of the black grouse Also calledheath cock Compare greyhen

Word History and Origins

Origin of blackcock¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; black, cock ¹

Example Sentences

The swelling heights were brown and bare, like those of Tweeddale; and there the blackcock may still, I believe, be found.

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Their articulations are not so loud as the crow of the blackcock, the clamour of the peewit, or the call of the grouse.

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The only sound beside that of running water is the cry of the grouse, the blackcock, or the peewit.

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Or set him to stalk a blackcock, perched high of an Autumn morning on a dyke.

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I'm thinking of having a go at the blackcock, honoured Natalya Stepanovna, after the harvest.

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