black-cock
41Water cock — Wa ter cock (Zo[ o]l.) A large gallinule ({Gallicrex cristatus}) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also {kora}. [1913… …
42Moor cock — Moor Moor, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[=o]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy,… …
43Mountain cock — Mountain Moun tain (moun t[i^]n), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air;… …
44water cock — ▪ bird (Gallicrex cinerea), marsh bird of the rail family, Rallidae (order Gruiformes). It occurs from India to Japan and throughout Southeast Asia to the Philippines. The male is blue black with red legs, a strongly conical red bill, and a …
45himalayan snow cock — noun Usage: usually capitalized H : a snow cock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) having a chestnut pectoral band and a white chest with black bars …
46sea cock — noun 1. : a cock or valve close to a ship s hull for opening or closing a pipe which communicates with the sea 2. : black bellied plover …
47water cock — noun : a large gallinule (Gallicrex cinerea) of southeastern Asia and the East Indies of which in the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle on the top of its head * * * water cock noun The kora, a large East Indian… …
48red-cock|ad|ed woodpecker — «REHD ko KAY dihd», a woodpecker of the southern United States having black and white bars across the back and white cheeks …
49great black cockatoo — Cockatoo Cock a*too (k[o^]k [.a]*t[=oo] ), n. [Malayan kakat[=u]a.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily {Cacatuin[ae]}, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised… …
50heath cock — the male of the black grouse. [1580 90] * * * …
