tetraonidadj.n.

/tɪˈtreɪəʊnɪd/

Etymology: < modern Latin Tetraōnidae, < Latin tetrao (-ōnem ), < Greek τετράων , applied by Pliny to the black grouse and capercaillie, perhaps also to other birds: see -id suffix³.

Ornithology.

Pertaining to the family Tetraonidæ of gallinaceous birds, including the grouse and allied forms; also as n. a member of this family. (The term has also been used more widely to include the partridges, quails, and other birds.) So teˈtraonoid adj. and n. (a) adj. allied in form to the Tetraonidæ; (b) n. a tetraonoid bird ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). teˈtraonine adj. belonging to the Tetraoninæ, as a subfamily of the Tetraonidæ: see above and grouse n.¹ 1.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [adjective]

tetraonid1847

tetraonine1868

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of (grouse)

grouse1603

tetraonid1847

fool hen1868

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tetraonid, a term denoting a bird belonging to the tribe of which the tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, etc.

1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man I. iii. 63 The name of the English partridge..is applied to one American tetraonid (Tetrao umbellus), the pheasant..to another, T. cupido.

1868 Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 14 May 299 The great series of Galline, Pavonine, Phasianine, and Tetraonine birds.

1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 333/1 (note) Caccabis lies ‘on the Galline side of the boundary’, while Perdix belongs to the Tetraonine group.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tetraonid
释义	tetraonidadj.n. /tɪˈtreɪəʊnɪd/ Etymology: < modern Latin Tetraōnidae, < Latin tetrao (-ōnem ), < Greek τετράων , applied by Pliny to the black grouse and capercaillie, perhaps also to other birds: see -id suffix³. Ornithology. Pertaining to the family Tetraonidæ of gallinaceous birds, including the grouse and allied forms; also as n. a member of this family. (The term has also been used more widely to include the partridges, quails, and other birds.) So teˈtraonoid adj. and n. (a) adj. allied in form to the Tetraonidæ; (b) n. a tetraonoid bird ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895). teˈtraonine adj. belonging to the Tetraoninæ, as a subfamily of the Tetraonidæ: see above and grouse n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [adjective] tetraonid1847 tetraonine1868 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of (grouse) grouse1603 tetraonid1847 fool hen1868 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tetraonid, a term denoting a bird belonging to the tribe of which the tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, etc. 1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man I. iii. 63 The name of the English partridge..is applied to one American tetraonid (Tetrao umbellus), the pheasant..to another, T. cupido. 1868 Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 14 May 299 The great series of Galline, Pavonine, Phasianine, and Tetraonine birds. 1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 333/1 (note) Caccabis lies ‘on the Galline side of the boundary’, while Perdix belongs to the Tetraonine group. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1847
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