ptarmigan
Meaning
Noun
- 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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Origin
- From Scottish Gaelic tarmachan, of unknown origin. The pt- comes from a mistaken belief in a Greek origin, as if related to ptero-.
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