HEATHFOWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heathfowl mean? 

• HEATHFOWL (noun)
  The noun HEATHFOWL has 1 sense:

1. large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEATHFOWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

European black grouse; heathfowl; Lyrurus tetrix

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

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