blackcock

American  

[blak-kok] / ˈblækˌkɒk /

noun

1. the male of the black grouse.

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blackcock British  

/ ˈblækˌkɒk /

noun

1. Also called: heath cock.  the male of the black grouse Compare greyhen

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Etymology

Origin of blackcock

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

Example Sentences

But if I begin to speak about my dear old dog we shall never arrive at the blackcock, and it is about them I want to speak to-day.

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The males have now acquired the banded throats, and indulge in love-antics, much after the fashion of the blackcock.

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At last out sprang a fine old blackcock.

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It is the land of the curlew, the grouse, and the blackcock,—the land mayhap of the eagle, though as yet we have not seen the bird of Jove.

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The grey dissolves into dawn, the dawn into light, and the first blackcock crows to his grey hen in the hollow.

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