moorcock

Chiefly British.

1. the male red grouse.

moorcock

/ ˈmʊəˌkɒk; ˈmɔː- /

noun

1. the male of the red grouse

Word History and Origins

Origin of moorcock¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

The moorcock flew straight across the meadow to another withy-bed, and then disappeared.

From Project Gutenberg

And here is a moorcock's; and this—I should know it among a thousand—it's a lapwing's.

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, oh! the dark, the dark, and never more the sun shining on the bonny blooms of dark Darruach, never mair the white lambs running, and the gleam on the wing of the moorcock.

From Project Gutenberg

You would like it, tramping knee-deep in the heather, to see the moorcock rise whirring at your feet; you would like to set sail with the fisher folk after the silver herring.

From Project Gutenberg

I should think something will happen—Sir Bingo is a sure shot at a moorcock.”

From Project Gutenberg