moorfowl

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
moorfowl
    n 1: reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn:
         {red grouse}, {moorfowl}, {moorbird}, {moor-bird},
         {moorgame}, {Lagopus scoticus}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moorfowl \moorfowl\, moor fowl \moor fowl\n. (Zool.)
   1. A reddish-brown grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}) of upland
      moors of Great Britain; the European ptarmigan, or {red
      grouse}, also called the {moorgame}.

   Syn: red grouse, moorbird, moorgame, {Lagopus scoticus}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

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