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Definition of: ptarmigan
(tär′mə·gən) noun plural ·gans or ·gan
A grouse (genus Lagopus) of the northern hemisphere, with the winter plumage chiefly pure white, and with feathered toes. [<Scottish Gaelic tarmachan; excrescent p prob. due to false analogy with Gk. pteron wing]
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