ptarmigan
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Noun — A ptarmigan is one of three grouse species belonging to the genus Lagopus, native to cold, treeless tundra habitat across North America and Eurasia.
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It is a specific ornithological term rather than an everyday word.
Etymology
The word comes from the Scottish Gaelic tarmachan, whose own origin is unknown. The silent initial p was added later, based on a mistaken idea that the word was related to the Greek element ptero-, meaning wing.
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