Ptarmigan
WordNet

noun


(1)   Large arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage
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Etymology


From . The pt- comes from a mistaken Greek construction.

Noun



  1. Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.
 
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