moorfowl

English

Etymology

From moor +‎ fowl.

Noun

moorfowl (plural moorfowl or moorfowls)

1. The red grouse.
   • 1902 January 3, “A Smuggling Adventure”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 22, page 692:

     It was overgrown by enormous beds of reeds, in which moorfowl, water-hens, and coots abounded […]

Related terms

• moorbird
• moorcock
• moorhen