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 Definitions of ptarmigan  [ˈtɑr mɪ gən]  

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Definition of 'ptarmigan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ptarmigan
any of several grouses of the genus Lagopus, of mountainous and cold northern regions, having white plumage in the winter.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; pseudo-Gk sp. of ScotGael tarmarchan, akin to Ir tarmanach)

Definition of 'ptarmigan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ptarmigan
large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage


Definition of 'ptarmigan' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ptarmigan
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


Translation of 'ptarmigan' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of bird usually found in cold northern regions.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sneeuhoender Arabic flag Arabic: طائِر التَّرمجان: من نوْع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бяла яребица
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lagópode-branco Czech flag Czech: bělokur German flag German: der Ptarmigan
Greek flag Greek: είδος πουλιού που ζει σε Spanish flag Spanish: perdiz blanca/nival Estonian flag Estonian: lumepüü
Farsi flag Farsi: تارمیگان Finnish flag Finnish: kiiruna Hebrew flag Hebrew: שִׁכווי-הַשֶׁלֶג
Hindi flag Hindi: टारमिगन पक्षी Hungarian flag Hungarian: hófajd Indonesian flag Indonesian: burung
Italian flag Italian: pernice bianca Korean flag Korean: 뇌조, 들뀡, 멧닭 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žvyrė, baltasis tetervina
Latvian flag Latvian: irbe Malay flag Malay: burung ptarmigan Norwegian flag Norwegian: (fjell)rype
Polish flag Polish: pardwa biała Persian flag Persian: تارمیگان Pashto flag Pashto: يو ډول مرغه
Russian flag Russian: куропатка Slovak flag Slovak: snežná sliepka Slovenian flag Slovenian: snežna jerebica
Serbian flag Serbian: ptarmigan Swedish flag Swedish: fjällripa Thai flag Thai: นกชนิดหนึงพบในเขตหนาวทางต
Turkish flag Turkish: kar tavuğu Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 雷鳥(鳥類) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: біла куріпка
Urdu flag Urdu: پہاڑي تيتر Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: gà gô trắng Chinese flag Chinese: 松鸡类

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