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Ptarmigan

//ˈtɑːmɪɡən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.
  2. 2
    large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage wordnet

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic tarmachan, of unknown origin. The pt- comes from a mistaken belief in a Greek origin, as if related to ptero- (“wing”).

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