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storm-cock

noun

  1. another name for mistle thrush
“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 storm-cock1

C18: so called because it was believed to give forewarning of bad weather
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Example Sentences

The air was fresh and keen, squirrels jumped about in the trees, and the storm-cock sang blithely.

He straddles his legs, hunches his knife behind him, and whistles like a storm-cock through a sleet-shower.

The notes of a storm-cock held him, calling in an elm; again he wondered.

The storm-cock used to be abundant in Gairloch, and built generally in oak trees.

I wonder if any brave bird pipes to you as my storm-cock to me?

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