Meanings
nounmoorfowl (plural moorfowl or moorfowls)
plural moorfowls
- The red grouse.
It was overgrown by enormous beds of reeds, in which moorfowl, water-hens, and coots abounded[…]
1902 January 3, “A Smuggling Adventure”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 22, page 692
Synonyms & antonyms
nounreddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
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APA
moorfowl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moorfowl
MLA
“moorfowl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moorfowl. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moorfowl,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moorfowl.
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