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| ptar·mi·gan [ trmigən ] (plural ptar·mi·gan or ptar·mi·gans) |
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grouse of cold regions: a wild bird of the grouse family, that has feet covered with feathers and white plumage in the winter. Native to: mountainous regions. Genus Lagopus.
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| [Late 16th century. Alteration (influenced by Greek pt- as in pteron "wing") of Gaelic tarmachan, literally "little ptarmigan" < tarmach "ptarmigan"] |
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