1.
[syn: red grouse, moorfowl, moorbird, moor-bird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
moorfowl \moorfowl\, moor fowl \moor fowl\n. (Zool.)
1. A reddish-brown grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) of upland
moors of Great Britain; the European ptarmigan, or red
grouse, also called the moorgame.
Syn: red grouse, moorbird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The European heath grouse. See under Heath.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
moorgame \moorgame\ n. (Zool.)
The moorfowl.
Syn: red grouse,, moorbird, Lagopus scoticus.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
moorgame
n 1: reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn:
red grouse, moorfowl, moorbird, moor-bird,
moorgame, Lagopus scoticus]