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heathcock

heathcock is the alternative form of heath cock.

Meaning of heath cock

Noun

heath cock (plural heath cocks)

  1. A male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).
    Synonyms:
    blackcock

Proper noun capitalized: Heathcock

Heathcock (plural Heathcocks)

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Forms of heathcock

Noun
pluralheathcocks
Proper noun
pluralHeathcocks
alternative formHathcock

Origin of heathcock

A nickname, from heath cock.

Questions about heathcock

What does heathcock mean?
Heathcock means a surname transferred from the nickname.
What is heathcock the alternative form of?
Heathcock is the alternative form of heath cock.
What part of speech is heathcock?
Heathcock is a proper noun.

Words near heathcock in the dictionary

  1. heathberries
  2. heathberry
  3. heathclad
  4. Heathcliff
  5. Heathcliffian
  6. heathcock
  7. heathcocks
  8. Heathcote
  9. Heathcote Junction
  10. Heathcote South
  11. Heathcotes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heathcock (page history and authors); Heathcock (page history and authors); heath cock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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