heath-birdn.
A bird which lives on heaths; spec. the Black Grouse, of which the male is the heath-cock n. and the female the heath-hen n.
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heath-bird1683
moor-bird1812
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of genus Lyrurus (black grouse)
heath-cock1590
black game1673
black grouse1673
heath-poult1678
heath-bird1683
moor game1769
1683–4 W. Penn Let. to Dk. Ormonde 9 Jan. in Academy (1896) 11 Jan. 36/3 Phesants, heath-birds, Pidgeons and Patredges, innumerably.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 113 Like heath-bird, when the hawks pursue.
1842 F. W. Faber Styrian Lake 151 A heath-bird that lies on the Cheviot moor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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