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Definition of Moorfowl
1. Noun. Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
Exact synonyms: Lagopus Scoticus, Moor-bird, Moorbird, Moorgame, Red Grouse
Generic synonyms: Ptarmigan
Specialized synonyms: Moorhen, Moorcock
Generic synonyms: Ptarmigan
Specialized synonyms: Moorhen, Moorcock
Definition of Moorfowl
1. Noun. The red grouse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moorfowl
1. a game bird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moorfowl
Literary usage of Moorfowl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"... well by argument as by raillery and sarcasm. He died in 1831, in his sixty-eighth
year. moorfowl. (See Grouse.) MITYLENE. (See Lesbos.) MOTHER OF PEARL. ..."
2. Christopher in His Sporting Jacket by John Wilson (1901)
"... six feet in diameter, strewn with partridges, moorfowl, and leverets—their
feathers and their skeletons. But the Echo-cliff was inaccessible. ..."
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