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moorfowl
[ moor-foul ]
noun
- the red grouse.
moorfowl
/ ˈmɔː-; ˈmʊəˌfaʊl /
noun
- See heathfowl, red grouse(in British game laws) an archaic name for red grouse Compare heathfowl
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From him I learned the story many years before he was either a publican, or a guide, except to moorfowl shooters.
In the same way moorfowl means, not a moor that is connected with a fowl, but a fowl that is connected with a moor.
We had a moorfowl and mutton-chops for dinner, well cooked, and a reasonable charge.
The young of moorfowl, larks, pipits, and summer snipe constitute its food on the fells.
The moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation.
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