blackcock

[ blak-kok ]

/ ˈblækˌkɒk /

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noun

the male of the black grouse.

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Origin of blackcock

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at black, cock¹

Words nearby blackcock

Black Caps, black carpenter ant, black chaff, black cherry, black-coated, blackcock, blackcod, Black Code, black cohosh, black comedy, black copper

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How to use blackcock in a sentence

The swelling heights were brown and bare, like those of Tweeddale; and there the blackcock may still, I believe, be found.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440|Various
Their articulations are not so loud as the crow of the blackcock, the clamour of the peewit, or the call of the grouse.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
The only sound beside that of running water is the cry of the grouse, the blackcock, or the peewit.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
Or set him to stalk a blackcock, perched high of an Autumn morning on a dyke.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848|Various

I'm thinking of having a go at the blackcock, honoured Natalya Stepanovna, after the harvest.
Plays by Chekhov, Second Series|Anton Chekhov

British Dictionary definitions for blackcock

blackcock

/ (ˈblækˌkɒk) /

noun

the male of the black grouseAlso called: heath cock Compare greyhen

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