Found 2 hits - Term: heath grouse, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
heath \heath\ h=eth, n. oe. heth waste land, the plant
heath, as. h=aeeth; akin to d. g. heide, icel.
heiethr waste land, dan. hede, sw. hed, goth. haithorni
field, l. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. w. coed a wood, skr.
ksh=etra field. root20.
1. bot.
a a low shrub erica vulgaris or calluna vulgaris,
with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of
pink flowers. it is used in great britain for brooms,
thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. it
is also called heather, and ling.
b also, any species of the genus erica, of which
several are european, and many more are south african,
some of great beauty. see illust. of heather.
1913 webster
2. a place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of
country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
1913 webster
their stately growth, though bare,
stands on the blasted heath. --milton
1913 webster
heath cock zool., the blackcock. see heath grouse
below.
heath grass bot., a kind of perennial grass, of the genus
triodia triodia decumbens, growing on dry heaths.
heath grouse, or heath game zool., a european grouse
tetrao tetrix, which inhabits heaths; -- called also
black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl,
moor fowl. the male is called heath cock, and
blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
heath hen. zool. see heath grouse above.
heath pea bot., a species of bitter vetch lathyrus
macrorhizus, the tubers of which are eaten, and in
scotland are used to flavor whisky.
heath throstle zool., a european thrush which frequents
heaths; the ring ouzel.
1913 webster
see also:
erica vulgaris calluna vulgaris heather ling erica heather
heath cock heath grouse heath grass triodia triodia decumbens
heath game tetrao tetrix black game black grouse heath poult
heath fowl moor fowl heath cock blackcock heath hen
gray hen heath hen heath pea lathyrus macrorhizus heath throstle
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
heathfowl \heathfowl\, heath fowl \heath fowl\n.
a large northern european black grouse lyrurus tetrix
formerly tetrao tetrix with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also
called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, heath
poult, heath fowl, and moor fowl. see heath grouse
under heath, above.
syn: european black grouse, lyrurus tetrix.
wordnet 1.5
see also:
lyrurus tetrix tetrao tetrix heath grouse black game black grouse heath poult
heath fowl moor fowl heath
Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about heath grouse: Grouse
>> G Words
Grouse, definition of term: Grouse
grouse_pag1.html Heath
>> H Words
Heath, definition of term: Heath
heath_pag1.html Heath Cock
>> H Words
Heath Cock, definition of term: Heath Cock
heath+cock_pag1.html Ruffed Grouse
>> R Words
Ruffed Grouse, definition of term: Ruffed Grouse
ruffed+grouse_pag1.html
Last accessed:2008/07/26 00:30:23 [Total processing time: 0 seconds] |