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Definition of Blackcock

Blackcock
Blackcock Black"cock`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.
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Heath Heath, n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. h??; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. hei?r waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haipi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. ksh?tra field. [root]20.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub (Erica, 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. 2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage. Their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. --Milton Heath cock (Zo["o]l.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below). Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (T. decumbens), growing on dry heaths. Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zo["o]l.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heats; -- 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Heath grouse (above). Heath pea (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. Heath throstle (Zo["o]l.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.

Meaning of Blackcock from wikipedia

- also known as northern black grouse, Eurasian black grouse, blackgame or black****, is a large bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, spanning...
- Operation Black**** was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands and...
- Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, the Brigade took part in Operation Black****, and was temporarily placed under command of the 7th Armoured Division...
- Scheldt. It then took part in the fighting in the Rhineland (Operations Black**** and Veritable), and then the drive to Bremen. It was reformed in the postwar...
- Scheldt. It then took part in the fighting in the Rhineland (Operations Black**** and Veritable), and then the drive to Bremen. It was reformed in the postwar...
- Scheldt. It then took part in the fighting in the Rhineland (Operations Black**** and Veritable), and then the drive to Bremen. It was disbanded at the...
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- allowing US forces room to manoeuvre as part of Operation Queen. Operation Black**** was the code name for the clearing of the Roer Triangle formed by the...
- fixing the British and U.S. forces north of the Bulge (see also Operation Black****, Operation Grenade.) Von Zangen surrendered in April 1945 in the Ruhr...