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Moor fowl

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moor⋅fowl

  [moor-foul]
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–noun, plural -fowls, (especially collectively) -fowl. Chiefly British.
the red grouse.
Also called moorbird.

Origin:
1500–10; moor 1 + fowl
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McMurray Hatchery
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moor·fowl   (mŏŏr'foul')   
n.  See red grouse.

[moor2 + fowl.]
red grouse  
n.  A grouse (Lagopus lagopus subsp. scoticus) of the British Isles that has chestnut plumage and inhabits open fields. Also called moorfowl.
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