"snowcock" meaning in English

See snowcock in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsnəʊkɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsnoʊˌkɑk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snowcock.wav Forms: snowcocks [plural], snowcock [plural], snow-cock [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊkɒk Etymology: From snow + cock, from the fact that the bird is native to snowy, mountainous regions. Etymology templates: {{vern|Caspian snowcock}} Caspian snowcock, {{taxfmt|Tetraogallus caspius|species}} Tetraogallus caspius, {{compound|en|snow|cock|notext=1|type=exocentric}} snow + cock Head templates: {{en-noun|+|snowcock}} snowcock (plural snowcocks or snowcock)
  1. Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia. Categories (lifeform): Fowls Hyponyms: Altai snowcock (taxonomic: Tetraogallus altaicus), Caspian snowcock (taxonomic: Tetraogallus caspius), Caucasian snowcock (taxonomic: Tetraogallus caucasicus), Himalayan snowcock (taxonomic: Tetraogallus himalayensis), Tibetan snowcock (taxonomic: Tetraogallus tibetanus) Related terms: fowl Translations (bird in the genus Tetraogallus): قوقل (Arabic), قوقل [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ուլար (ular) (Armenian), ular (Azerbaijani), gall nival [masculine] (Catalan), velekur [masculine] (Czech), berghoen [neuter] (Dutch), lumikana (Finnish), შურთხი (šurtxi) (Georgian), Königshuhn [neuter] (German), תרנגול שלג (Hebrew), konungshænsn [neuter] (Icelandic), snjóhænsn [neuter] (Icelandic), puyuh gonggong salju (Indonesian), puyuh-salju (Indonesian), 雪鶏 (sekkei) (alt: セッケイ) (Japanese), ұлар (ūlar) (Kazakh), 눈꿩 (nunkkwong) (Korean), хойлог (xojlog) (Mongolian), kongehøns [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), зым (zym) (Ossetian), کبکهای برفی (Persian), ула́р (ulár) [masculine] (Russian), го́рная инде́йка (górnaja indéjka) [feminine] (Russian), perdigallo [masculine] (Spanish), snöhöns [neuter] (Swedish), ҳулол (hulol) (Tajik), кабки барфӣ (kabk-i barfi) (Tajik), кабки ҳилол (kabk-i hilol) (Tajik), мурғи ҳилол (murġ-i hilol) (Tajik), улар (ular) (Tatar), улар (ular) (Ukrainian), ular (Uzbek), gà tuyết (Vietnamese), улар (ular) (Western Mari)

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      "taxonomic": "Tetraogallus altaicus",
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      "taxonomic": "Tetraogallus caspius",
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          "text": "The landscapes were bare and dismal, spotted with patches of stunted birch. There are some Lapp huts, which look like snowcocks in the distance.",
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          "text": "Another species of Snow-cock occasionally obtained by Indian sportsmen is Tetraogallus tibetanus, Gould, figured in the Birds of Asia, pt. V., pl. 4; but as it has not, I believe, been procured on this side of the Snowy range, I shall only briefly describe it without giving it a place among the Birds of India.",
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          "text": "A party which ascended the highest peak (Seetaram, 15,000 feet) a week ago, came across a brood of Snow-Cock, and captured all the chicks (nine I think), but later released them.",
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          "text": "[D]uring the ten days we spent in that little valley the sole vestiges of life seen were 2 snowcock and 1 fly—the latter was found inside my tent and had probably come over from the base camp in the rolled-up tent.",
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          "text": "On a practical level, there is very little information on which to make judgments on the conservation status of many subspecies and populations of partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks, guineafowl, and turkeys, […]",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "قوقل"
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      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "note": "լեռնային հնդկահավ (leṙnayin hndkahav, literally “mountain turkey”)",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "ուլար"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "ular"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
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      "word": "gall nival"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "雪雞 /雪鸡 (xuějī, literally “snow fowl”)",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "velekur"
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      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
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      "word": "berghoen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "lumikana"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šurtxi",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "შურთხი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Königshuhn"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "תרנגול שלג"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "konungshænsn"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "snjóhænsn"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "puyuh gonggong salju"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "puyuh-salju"
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      "alt": "セッケイ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekkei",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "雪鶏"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūlar",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "ұлар"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nunkkwong",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "눈꿩"
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      "code": "mrj",
      "lang": "Western Mari",
      "roman": "ular",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "улар"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xojlog",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "хойлог"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kongehøns"
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      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "zym",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "зым"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "کبکهای برفی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ulár",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ула́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "górnaja indéjka",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "го́рная инде́йка"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "perdigallo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "snöhöns"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hulol",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "ҳулол"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kabk-i barfi",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "кабки барфӣ"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kabk-i hilol",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "кабки ҳилол"
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    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "murġ-i hilol",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "мурғи ҳилол"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ular",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "улар"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ular",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "улар"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "ular"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bird in the genus Tetraogallus",
      "word": "gà tuyết"
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  ],
  "word": "snowcock"
}

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