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Definition of Lagopus
1. Noun. Ptarmigans.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Ptarmigan
Definition of Lagopus
1. Noun. (obsolete) The (ptarmigan) ((non-gloss definition which bird was so called because its feet resemble those of a hare)). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lagopus
Literary usage of Lagopus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"Type, L. lagopus (Linn.). Mr. Grant characterises this genus by the dense ...
lagopus scoticus, Macgill. Brit. B. ip 169 (1837); Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. ..."
2. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1867)
"Tetrao lagopus, var. y, Gmel. SN ip 750. Tetrao scoticus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p.
641. ... lagopus albus ß. scoticus, Blas. List of B. of Eur. p. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(1) The name of lagopus, Or Ptarmigan, is more particularly applied to those
species which ... The most common become white in winter. Tetr. lagopus, L. ..."
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