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snowcock

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊkɒk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈsnoʊˌkɑk/
  • rhymes with -əʊkɒk

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قوقل — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Arabic: قوقل — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Armenian: ուլար (ular) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Azerbaijani: ular — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Catalan: gall nival — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Czech: velekur — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Dutch: berghoen — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Finnish: lumikana — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • French: tétraogalle — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Georgian: შურთხი (šurtxi) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • German: Königshuhn — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Hebrew: תרנגול שלג — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Icelandic: konungshænsn — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Icelandic: snjóhænsn — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Indonesian: puyuh gonggong salju — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Indonesian: puyuh-salju — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Japanese: 雪鶏 (sekkei) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Kazakh: ұлар (ūlar) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Korean: 눈꿩 (nunkkwong) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Western Mari: улар (ular) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Mongolian: хойлог (xojlog) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kongehøns — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Ossetian: зым (zym) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Persian: کبکهای برفی — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Polish: ułar — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Russian: ула́р (ulár) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Russian: го́рная инде́йка (górnaja indéjka) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Spanish: perdigallo — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Swedish: snöhöns — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Tajik: ҳулол (hulol) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Tajik: кабки барфӣ (kabk-i barfi) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Tajik: кабки ҳилол (kabk-i hilol) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Tajik: мурғи ҳилол (murġ-i hilol) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Tatar: улар (ular) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Ukrainian: улар (ular) — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Uzbek: ular — bird in the genus Tetraogallus
  • Vietnamese: gà tuyết — bird in the genus Tetraogallus