moor-bird

Questions about moor-bird

What does moor-bird mean?

moor-bird means "reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain".

How many syllables are in moor-bird?

moor-bird has 2 syllables and divides as moor--bird under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for moor-bird?

Close synonyms include red grouse, moorfowl, moorbird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus. 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 moor-bird a common word?

moor-bird is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.