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moor⋅bird

[moor-burd]
–noun
moorfowl.

Origin:
1805–15; moor 1 + bird

moor⋅fowl

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


Origin:
1500–10; moor 1 + fowl
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moor-bird

noun
reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: red grouse
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