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Definition of Ptarmigan

1. Noun. Large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage.

Definition of Ptarmigan

1. n. Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in winter.

Definition of Ptarmigan

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

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Definition of Ptarmigan

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptarmigan

Literary usage of Ptarmigan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"Although this is the whitest of the ptarmigan it has a more Southerly range ... It can always be distinguished from other ptarmigan by its entirely white ..."

2. Color Key to North American Birds: With Bibliographical Appendix by Frank Michler Chapman, Chester Albert Reed (1912)
"296 302f Dixon's ptarmigan " " dixoni 296 302.1 ... ptarmigan ... 120 303 Welch's ptarmigan " welchi 120 ..."

3. Upland Game Birds by Edwyn Sandys, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1902)
"THE ROCK ptarmigan (L. rupestris) This bird is somewhat smaller than the ... The courtship, nest, eggs, and young resemble those of the willow-ptarmigan. ..."

4. Upland Game Birds by Edwyn Sandys, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1902)
"THE ROCK ptarmigan (L. rupestris) This bird is somewhat smaller than the ... The courtship, nest, eggs, and young resemble those of the willow-ptarmigan. ..."

5. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"SOUTHERN WHITE-TAILED ptarmigan. Slightly larger than leucurus and similar to it in ... In Colorado the local name for the ptarmigan is ' white quail. ..."

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