Blackcock

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  • noun. The male of the black grouse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The male black-grouse or black-game; the heath-cock; a grouse, Tetrao tetrix, or Lyrurus tetrix, of the family Tetraonidæ, found in many parts of Europe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See heath grouse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the male black grouse
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. male black grouse
  • noun. male black grouse
  • Word Usage
    "Forest areas are characterized with blackcock (Lyrurus tetrix), and other forest birds (Dendrocopos major, Oriolus oriolus, Columba palumbus, Streptopelia turtur, Parus cyanus, Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Anthus trivialis) and others."
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