lagopus scoticus

Questions about lagopus scoticus

What does lagopus scoticus mean?

lagopus scoticus means "reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain".

What is another word for lagopus scoticus?

Close synonyms include red grouse, moorfowl, moorbird, moor-bird, moorgame. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lagopus scoticus a common word?

lagopus scoticus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.