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BLACKCOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackcock mean? 

BLACKCOCK (noun)
  The noun BLACKCOCK has 1 sense:

1. male black grouseplay

  Familiarity information: BLACKCOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACKCOCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Male black grouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black cock; blackcock

Hypernyms ("blackcock" is a kind of...):

black grouse (grouse of which the male is bluish-black)


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