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willow ptarmigan

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willow ptarmigan

 
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–noun
a ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, of arctic and subarctic regions of the New and Old Worlds, having brown, mottled plumage in summer and white plumage in winter.
Compare red grouse.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
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willow ptarmigan  
n.  The common ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) of Arctic regions, having brownish plumage that turns white in winter.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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