单词 | moor game |
释义 | > as lemmasmoor game moor game n. now British regional (a) the red grouse, Lagopus lagopus; (b) the black grouse, Tetrao tetrix (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse) moorfowl1504 grouse1531 moor game1611 red game1673 red grouse1769 willow partridge1772 red cock1775 moor-bird1812 red ptarmigan1819 willow grouse1850 willow ptarmigan1872 willow ptarmigan1872 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 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poule griesche The henne of the Grice, or Mooregame. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xiii. 274 To pot Moor Game. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 274 The red grouse, or moor game, is found upon most of the mountainous districts in the United Kingdom. 1867 T. Blackah Songs & Poems 38 T'oade moorgam wad cackle. 1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 14 Red grouse... ‘Moorgame’ was formerly an alternative to ‘Red Grouse’ as the standard name. < as lemmas |
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