Associations to the word «Ptarmigan»

Wiktionary

PTARMIGAN, noun. Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne