white-tailed ptarmigan
noun
A ptarmigan of mountainous regions of western North America, Lagopus leucura, which retains a white tail and underparts in its otherwise brownish summer plumage.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Jardine (1800–1874), naturalist.
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