ptarmigan

English

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Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic tàrmachan. The pt- comes from a mistaken Greek construction.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈtɑːmɪɡən/

Noun

ptarmigan (plural ptarmigans or ptarmigan)

1. Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.

Synonyms

• (species of small grouse): lagopus (obsolete)

Derived terms

• rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
• white-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucura
• willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus

Translations

a small grouse, Lagopus

• Aleut: agdiikax
• Czech: bělokur (cs) m
• Danish: fjeldrype (da) c
• Faroese: fjallarýpa (fo) f, rýpa (fo) f
• Finnish: kiiruna (fi)
• German: Schneehuhn (de) n
• Greenlandic: aqisseq (kl)
• Icelandic: rjúpa (is) f
• Inari Sami: kiärun
• Lule Sami: gierun
• Montagnais: uapineu
• Northern Sami: giron
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (Lagopus) rype (no) f and m

  Nynorsk: (Lagopus) rype (nn) f

• Romanian: cocoș polar (ro) m
• Scottish Gaelic: tàrmachan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: snežnica (sh) f
• Skolt Sami: ǩeâram
• Slovak: tetrov obyčajný (sk) m
• Southern Sami: gïerene
• Spanish: lagópodo (es) m, perdiz nival (es) f
• Swedish: fjällripa (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) nifagok (vo), (♂) nifahigok (vo), (♀) nifajigok (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) nifagokül (vo), (♂ offspring) nifahigokül (vo), (♀ offspring) nifajigokül (vo)