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Ptarmigan

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Noun

1. ptarmigan

large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ptarmigan

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noun plural -gans or -gan
1. 
any of several arctic and subarctic grouse of the genus Lagopus, esp L. mutus, which has a white winter plumage
2. (sometimes capital)
a created domestic fancy pigeon with ruffled or curled feathers on the wings and back

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Ptarmigan

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nounWord forms: plural ˈptarmigans or ˈptarmigan
any of a genus (Lagopus) of brownish arctic, subarctic, or alpine grouse with feathered legs and feet, usually having white plumage in the winter

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ptarmigan

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n. pl. ptarmigan or ptar·mi·gans
Any of various grouse of the genus Lagopus, inhabiting arctic, subarctic, and alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere and having feathered legs and feet and plumage that is brown or gray in summer and white in winter.

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