ptarmigan

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

sneeuwhoen

patrijs

alpensneeuwhoen

neeuwhoen

Synoniemen

grouse

rock ptarmigan

Vertalingen

lagopède

Schneehuhn

perdiz nival

lagópodo

pernice bianca

ptarmigan

lagopède alpin

lagopo

طائر الترمجان

lagópodo alpino

perdiu blanca

Alpenschneehuhn

είδος άγριας όρνιθος

pernice

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtɑːmɪɡən/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Scottish Gaelic tarmachan, of unknown origin. The pt- comes from a mistaken belief in a Greek origin, as if related to ptero- (“wing”).