noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, ptarmigan, a plant, from Greek lagōpous, from lagōs hare + pous foot
: a genus of northern game birds (family Tetraonidae) comprising the ptarmigans and the red grouse
noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, ptarmigan, a plant, from Greek lagōpous, from lagōs hare + pous foot
: a genus of northern game birds (family Tetraonidae) comprising the ptarmigans and the red grouse
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012