Definition of Lagopus

1. Noun. Ptarmigans.

Exact synonyms: Genus Lagopus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Ptarmigan

Definition of Lagopus

1. Noun. (obsolete) The (ptarmigan) ((non-gloss definition which bird was so called because its feet resemble those of a hare)). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lagopus

lagochiline
lagochilines
lagomorph
lagomorpha
lagomorphic
lagomorphs
lagoon
lagoon triggerfish
lagoonal
lagoons
lagophthalmia
lagophthalmic keratitis
lagophthalmos
lagopodes
lagopous
lagopus (current term)
lags
lagtime
lagtimes
laguna
lagunar
lagunas
lagune
lagunes
lah
lah-de-dah
lah-di-dah
lahar
lahars
lahmacun

Literary usage of Lagopus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"Type, L. lagopus (Linn.). Mr. Grant characterises this genus by the dense ... lagopus scoticus, Macgill. Brit. B. ip 169 (1837); Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. ..."

2. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1867)
"Tetrao lagopus, var. y, Gmel. SN ip 750. Tetrao scoticus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 641. ... lagopus albus ß. scoticus, Blas. List of B. of Eur. p. ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(1) The name of lagopus, Or Ptarmigan, is more particularly applied to those species which ... The most common become white in winter. Tetr. lagopus, L. ..."

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