Rype

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bird, the ptarmigan.

    "The rypes and our red grouse are identically the same bird, though disease has never been known in the former, and even interbreeding with the red grouse, to the limited extent they are ever likely to do, should do more good than harm."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of ripe. alt-of, obsolete

Synonyms

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ptarmigan

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"The rypes and our red grouse are identically the same bird, though disease has never been known in the former, and even interbreeding with the red grouse, to the limited extent they are ever likely to do, should do more good than harm."

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish rype.

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