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Ptarmigan

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






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"Ptarmigan" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the exception of the last two, seem to explain themselves. During the summer months in the North Woods you will not need a rifle. Partridges, spruce hens, ptarmigan, rabbits, ducks, and geese are usually abundant enough to fill the provision list. For them, of course, a shotgun is the thing; but since such a weapon weighs many pounds, and its ammunition many more, I have come gradually to depend entirely on a pistol. The instrument is single shot, carries ...
— The Forest • Stewart Edward White



Words linked to "Ptarmigan" :   moorbird, red grouse, moorfowl, genus Lagopus, Lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, Lagopus, moorgame, grouse



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