(chiefly, British) The red grouse.
(chiefly, British) The red grouse.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, dialect) The carrion crow.
Gorcrow is a British dialectal name for the carrion crow — the all-black crow common across Britain and Europe, known for feeding on carrion and other detritus. The 'gor-' element likely relates to gore (blood, entrails), fitting the bird's scavenging habits. A dialect term found mainly in older rural vocabulary, particularly in the West Country and parts of the Midlands. Largely obsolete in everyday speech, replaced by the standard 'carrion crow' or simply 'crow.'
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
(UK, regional) The mistle thrush.
(UK, informal, birdwatching) The grasshopper warbler.