单词 | heath-cock |
释义 | heath-cockn. The male of the heath-bird n. or Black Grouse ( Tetrao tetrix), the Blackcock; in North America, the Canada grouse and other species. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of genus Lyrurus (black grouse) > male blackcock1428 heath-cock1590 moorcocka1695 1590 R. Payne Briefe Descr. Ireland (1841) 7 Great store of wild Swannes, Cranes..Heathcocks, Plouers. 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 85 The common Heath cock, Black game or Grous. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 16 That was the heath-cock, black-game, or grouse. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 44 Until the heath-cock shrilly crew. 1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Heath-cock and Heath-hen, originally names by which..the Black-cock and Grey-hen were called; but on the North American continent..applied to one or more species of grouse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1590 |
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