Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as moorgame.
  • noun The ruffed grouse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A reddish-brown grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) of upland moors of Great Britain; the European ptarmigan, or red grouse, also called the moorgame.
  • noun The European heath grouse. See under Heath.

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  • noun The red grouse.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[moor + fowl.]

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moor +‎ fowl

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