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snowcock

Syllables: snow·cock/ˈsnəʊkɒk/US/ˈsnoʊˌkɑk/

snowcock noun: any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia.

snowcock: any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native...
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Noun

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.
    • The landscapes were bare and dismal, spotted with patches of stunted birch. There are some Lapp huts, which look like snowcocks in the distance.1859, “The Lapland Reindeer and Northern Lights”, in W. Meynell Whittemore, editor, The Church Scholar’s Magazine, London: Wertheim, Macintosh, & Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 339
    • 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...1864, T[homas] C[averhill] Jerdon, “Ord[er] Rasores”, in The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to Inhabit Continental India; […], volume III, Calcutta, West Bengal...

snowcock meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

snowcock in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

snowcock in Arabic

bird in the genus Tetraogallus
قوقل

snowcock in Indonesian

bird in the genus Tetraogallus
puyuh gonggong salju, puyuh-salju

snowcock in Persian

bird in the genus Tetraogallus
کبکهای برفی
More languagesFewer languages
snowcock in Vietnamese
gà tuyết

Forms of snowcock

pluralsnowcocks
pluralsnowcock
alternative formsnow-cock

Origin of snowcock

From snow + cock, from the fact that the bird is native to snowy, mountainous regions.

Questions about snowcock

What does snowcock mean?
Snowcock means any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia.
What is snowcock in Tamil?
Snowcock in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Snowcock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is snowcock?
Snowcock is a noun.
How do you pronounce snowcock?
Snowcock is pronounced /ˈsnəʊkɒk/ (UK).
What is the plural of snowcock?
The plural of snowcock is snowcocks.

Words near snowcock in the dictionary

  1. snowcloning
  2. snowcloud
  3. snowclouds
  4. snowcoach
  5. snowcoaches
  6. snowcock
  7. snowcocks
  8. snowcone
  9. snowcones
  10. snowcover
  11. snowcovered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: snowcock (page history and authors); snowcock (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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