ptarmigan

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage

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

So he ate the ptarmigan. — White Fang, Jack London
The ermine feeds much on the ptarmigans. — The Land of the Long Night, Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
Yesterday Mollie went out to hunt for ptarmigan. — A Woman who went to Alaska, May Kellogg Sullivan

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