A grouse, Lagopus mutus, which lives on rocky slopes and tundra in subarctic and boreal areas of the northern hemisphere, and at high altitudes in…

= white grouse n.

the ptarmigan.

= white grouse n.; cf. red game, n., black game, n.

A bird with a foot resembling that of a hare; the ptarmigan.

any of various greyish fowl; esp. the red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus, in its winter plumage, or (with distinguishing word) several breeds…

In Scandinavia: the willow grouse, Lagopus lagopus, or the rock ptarmigan, L. muta; = ripa, n.1

the rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta, which turns white in winter; cf. white game n., white partridge n.

(a) = rock ptarmigan n. (now historical); †(b) (in India) a sandgrouse (genus Pterocles) (obsolete).

= ptarmigan, n.

In Scandinavia: the willow grouse, Lagopus lagopus, or the rock ptarmigan, L. mutus; = rype, n.

the ptarmigan.

A ptarmigan. (Cf. lagopus, n.) (In some modern dictionaries.)