English Explanatory Dictionary

snowcock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia.

Pronunciation

/ˈsnəʊkɒk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snowcock.wav /ˈsnoʊˌkɑk/

Word forms

snowcock snowcocks snow-cock

Etymology

From snow + cock, from the fact that the bird is native to snowy, mountainous regions.

Related words

snowbird fowl
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary