blackcock
n . 黑色的雄松鸡
黑色的雄松鸡
blackcock n 1 :
male black grouse [
synonym : {
blackcock }, {
black cock }]
Heath \
Heath \ (
h [=
e ]
th ),
n . [
OE .
heth waste land ,
the plant heath ,
AS .
h [=
ae ][
eth ];
akin to D . &
G .
heide ,
Icel .
hei [
eth ]
r waste land ,
Dan .
hede ,
Sw .
hed ,
Goth .
hai [
thorn ]
i field ,
L .
bucetum a cow pasture ;
cf .
W .
coed a wood ,
Skr .
ksh [=
e ]
tra field . [
root ]
20 .]
1 . (
Bot .)
(
a )
A low shrub ({
Erica vulgaris }
or {
Calluna vulgaris }),
with minute evergreen leaves ,
and handsome clusters of pink flowers .
It is used in Great Britain for brooms ,
thatch ,
beds for the poor ,
and for heating ovens .
It is also called {
heather },
and {
ling }.
(
b )
Also ,
any species of the genus {
Erica },
of which several are European ,
and many more are South African ,
some of great beauty .
See Illust .
of {
Heather }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A place overgrown with heath ;
any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage .
[
1913 Webster ]
Their stately growth ,
though bare ,
Stands on the blasted heath . --
Milton [
1913 Webster ]
{
Heath cock } (
Zool .),
the blackcock .
See {
Heath grouse }
(
below ).
{
Heath grass } (
Bot .),
a kind of perennial grass ,
of the genus {
Triodia } ({
Triodia decumbens }),
growing on dry heaths .
{
Heath grouse },
or {
Heath game } (
Zool .),
a European grouse ({
Tetrao tetrix }),
which inhabits heaths ; --
called also {
black game }, {
black grouse }, {
heath poult }, {
heath fowl },
{
moor fowl }.
The male is called {
heath cock },
and {
blackcock };
the female , {
heath hen },
and {
gray hen }.
{
Heath hen }. (
Zool .)
See {
Heath grouse } (
above ).
{
Heath pea } (
Bot .),
a species of bitter vetch ({
Lathyrus macrorhizus }),
the tubers of which are eaten ,
and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky .
{
Heath throstle } (
Zool .),
a European thrush which frequents heaths ;
the ring ouzel .
[
1913 Webster ]
Blackcock \
Black "
cock `\,
n . (
Zool .)
The male of the European black grouse ({
Tetrao tetrix },
Linn .); --
so called by sportsmen .
The female is called gray hen .
See {
Heath grouse }.
[
1913 Webster ]
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