[tahr-mi-guh
n] 
) -gan. | any of several grouses of the genus Lagopus, of mountainous and cold northern regions, having feathered feet. |
| ptar·mi·gan (tär'mĭ-gən) n. pl. ptarmigan or ptar·mi·gans Any of various grouses of the genus Lagopus, inhabiting arctic, subarctic, and alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere and having feathered legs and feet and plumage that is brown or gray in summer and white in winter. [Alteration (influenced by the spelling pt in Greek words like pteron, wing) of Scottish Gaelic tarmachan.] |
