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Definition of blackcock in English: blackcocknoun ˈblakkɒkˈblækˌkɑk The male of the black grouse. Example sentencesExamples - The black grouse (or blackcock) has actually become extinct on Dartmoor.
- He was a good shot and a blackcock, killed when out shooting with the Duke of Northumberland, was for many years exhibited in Keilder Castle.
- I have always walked alone or with one or two companions, and I have considered it a privilege to watch fox cubs play, otters fish, salmon leap and blackcock lek without causing disturbance to wildlife or landowner.
- Similarly I can recall seeing blackcock, grouse, ring ousel and merlin on Exmoor until the mid sixties.
Definition of blackcock in US English: blackcocknounˈblakˌkäkˈblækˌkɑk The male of the black grouse. Example sentencesExamples - I have always walked alone or with one or two companions, and I have considered it a privilege to watch fox cubs play, otters fish, salmon leap and blackcock lek without causing disturbance to wildlife or landowner.
- He was a good shot and a blackcock, killed when out shooting with the Duke of Northumberland, was for many years exhibited in Keilder Castle.
- Similarly I can recall seeing blackcock, grouse, ring ousel and merlin on Exmoor until the mid sixties.
- The black grouse (or blackcock) has actually become extinct on Dartmoor.
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