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heath cock

noun

  1. the male of the black grouse.


heath cock

noun

  1. another name for blackcock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heath cock1

First recorded in 1580–90
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Example Sentences

The heath-cock retires before the step of the cultivator; the quail passes into Ireland.

The pheasant and the heath-cock (the latter a black species spotted with white) are found in the woods near Failyun.

Mr. M. shot a large fowl of the grouse kind, larger than the black heath cock in Scotland.

The roe is in the cleft of the rock; the heath-cock's head is beneath his wing.

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