moorfowl
[ moor-foul ]
/ ˈmʊərˌfaʊl /
noun, plural moor·fowls, (especially collectively) moor·fowl.Chiefly British.
the red grouse.
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Also called moorbird.
Words nearby moorfowl
moorburn, moorcock, Moore, Moore, Henry, Moore's law, moorfowl, moor grass, Moorhead, moorhen, mooring, mooring buoy
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Example sentences from the Web for moorfowl
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 ScottThe moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation.
John Splendid|Neil MunroWe 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 Watson
British Dictionary definitions for moorfowl
moorfowl
/ (ˈmʊəˌfaʊl, ˈmɔː-) /
noun
(in British game laws) an archaic name for red grouse Compare heathfowl
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