| 单词 | white grouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhite Grouse White Grouse n. Lagopus mutus, the ptarmigan, locally called also Rock Grouse. Other European and American varieties are: extracted from grousen.1white grouse white grouse n. the rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta, which turns white in winter; cf. white game n., white partridge n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus mutus (ptarmigan) ptarmigan1599 white partridge1610 snow-hen1648 white game1678 lagopus1693 grey fowl1712 rype1744 white grouse1771 rock grouse1785 tanmerack1792 ripa1830 snow-grouse1884 lagopode1901 1771 J. R. Forster in tr. J. B. Bossu Trav. Louisiana I. 95 (note) Lagopus, Linn. The white grous. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 309 The lesser kind..proved to be the same with the White Grous of the Alps, and the Ptarmigan of the Highlands of Scotland. 1920 S. Gordon Land Hills & Glens viii. 38 There the white grouse live in snow from November until May. 2010 J. Lister-Kaye At Water's Edge xiii. 236 The white grouse seemed to float through crystal air. < as lemmas |
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