资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r moor, morass; akin to D.
   moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere.
   See {Mere} a lake.]
   1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and
      having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and
      abounding in peat; a heath.

            In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                  --Carew.

   2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

   {Moor buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.

   {Moor cock} (Zo["o]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red
      grouse of Europe.

   {Moor coot}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Gallinule}.

   {Moor fowl}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus
          Scoticus}).
      (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}.

   {Moor game}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above).

   {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria
      c[ae]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe.

   {Moor hawk} (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier.

   {Moor hen}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The female of the moor fowl.
      (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See
          {Gallinule}.
      (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}).

   {Moor monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo
      ({Macacus maurus}).

   {Moor titling} (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat
      ({Pratinocola rubicola}).

Grouse \Grouse\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. after the analogy of
   mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen:
   cf. F. piegri[`e]che shrike.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the
   family {Tetraonid[ae]}, and subfamily {Tetraonin[ae]},
   inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump
   bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled
   plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans ({Lagopus}),
   having feathered feet.

   Note: Among the European species are the red grouse ({Lagopus
         Scoticus}) and the hazel grouse ({Bonasa betulina}).
         See {Capercaidzie}, {Ptarmigan}, and {Heath grouse}.
         Among the most important American species are the
         ruffed grouse, or New England partridge ({Bonasa
         umbellus}); the sharp-tailed grouse ({Pedioc[ae]tes
         phasianellus}) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine
         grouse ({Dendragapus obscurus}) of the Rocky Mountains;
         the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge ({D.
         Canadensis}). See also {Prairie hen}, and {Sage cock}.
         The Old World sand grouse ({Pterocles}, etc.) belong to
         a very different family. See {Pterocletes}, and {Sand
         grouse}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Lagopus scoticus
     n : reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn:
         {red grouse}, {moorfowl}, {moorbird}, {moor-bird}, {moorgame}]