mountain cockn.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈkɒk/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌkɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., cock n.¹

Etymology: < mountain n. + cock n.¹ In sense 3 after Afrikaans berghaan berghaan n.

†1.

a. The capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. Obsolete.In quot. 1659 perhaps a different bird.

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1659 J. Howell Brit. Prov. 28/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) No champion to the mountain-cock.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. §94 He beareth Argent, a Urogallus, or a Urecock, or Urehen, proper. Called also a Cock of the Mountain, or a Mountain Cock.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Mountain cock, vide Grous—wood.

b. U.S. Either of two large American grouse: (a) a grouse resembling the capercaillie, perhaps the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus; (b) the sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Tympanuchus > tympanuchus cupido (prairie-chicken)

pheasant1625

mountain cock1791

prairie fowl1804

prairie hen1804

prairie cock1805

pinnated grouse1811

chicken1812

prairie chicken1832

prairie grouse1851

1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 290 Tetrao lagopus; the mountain cock, or grous [is found in Pennsylvania].

1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 5 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 258 Saw..a flock of the mountain cock, or a large species of heath hen with a long pointed tail which the Indians informed us were common to the Rockey Mountains.

2. Jamaican. The white-chinned thrush, Turdus aurantius. rare.

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?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 38 The Mountain-Cock or Tricking-Chick, which digs up their corn.

1952 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 307/1 Mountain cock—sings well.

†3. South African. Either of two African eagles: (a) Verreaux's eagle, Aquila verreauxii; (b) the bateleur eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus. Obsolete.

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1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 11 Aquila Verreauxii... It is called..‘Berghaan’ (mountain-cock) by the colonists, from feeding principally on the coney, or rock-rabbit (Hyrax capensis).

1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Berghaan (Mountain-cock), the name given to some of the larger Eagles, and especially to the beautiful Helotarsus ecaudatus..by the Dutch colonists in South Africa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountain cock
释义	mountain cockn. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈkɒk/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌkɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., cock n.¹ Etymology: < mountain n. + cock n.¹ In sense 3 after Afrikaans berghaan berghaan n. †1. a. The capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. Obsolete.In quot. 1659 perhaps a different bird. ΚΠ 1659 J. Howell Brit. Prov. 28/1 in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) No champion to the mountain-cock. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. §94 He beareth Argent, a Urogallus, or a Urecock, or Urehen, proper. Called also a Cock of the Mountain, or a Mountain Cock. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Mountain cock, vide Grous—wood. b. U.S. Either of two large American grouse: (a) a grouse resembling the capercaillie, perhaps the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus; (b) the sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Tympanuchus > tympanuchus cupido (prairie-chicken) pheasant1625 mountain cock1791 prairie fowl1804 prairie hen1804 prairie cock1805 pinnated grouse1811 chicken1812 prairie chicken1832 prairie grouse1851 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 290 Tetrao lagopus; the mountain cock, or grous [is found in Pennsylvania]. 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 5 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 258 Saw..a flock of the mountain cock, or a large species of heath hen with a long pointed tail which the Indians informed us were common to the Rockey Mountains. 2. Jamaican. The white-chinned thrush, Turdus aurantius. rare. ΚΠ ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 38 The Mountain-Cock or Tricking-Chick, which digs up their corn. 1952 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. LePage Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 307/1 Mountain cock—sings well. †3. South African. Either of two African eagles: (a) Verreaux's eagle, Aquila verreauxii; (b) the bateleur eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 11 Aquila Verreauxii... It is called..‘Berghaan’ (mountain-cock) by the colonists, from feeding principally on the coney, or rock-rabbit (Hyrax capensis). 1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Berghaan (Mountain-cock), the name given to some of the larger Eagles, and especially to the beautiful Helotarsus ecaudatus..by the Dutch colonists in South Africa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1659
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