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| Macacus maurus | 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, and abounding in peat; a heath. [1913 Webster] In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. [1913 Webster] 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. [1913 Webster] {Moor buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. {Moor cock} (Zo["o]l.), the male of the {moor fowl} or red grouse of Europe. {Moor coot}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Gallinule}. {Moor game}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Moor fowl}. {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria c[ae]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe. {Moor hawk} (Zo["o]l.), the marsh harrier. {Moor hen}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The female of the {moor fowl}. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See {Gallinule}. (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}). {Moor monkey} (Zo["o]l.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}). {Moor titling} (Zo["o]l.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}). [1913 Webster] |
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