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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ptarmigan /ˈtɑːmɪg(ə)n/

▶noun a grouse of northern mountains and the Arctic, whose plumage is white in winter. [Lagopus mutus.]

– origin C16: from Sc. Gaelic tàrmachan; spelling influenced by Gk words starting with pt-.

'ptarmigan' also found in these Oxford entries:

willow ptarmigan

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