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Tetrao

noun

type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies

• Syn: ↑genus Tetrao

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tetraonidae, ↑family Tetraonidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑capercaillie, ↑capercailzie, ↑horse of the wood, ↑Tetrao urogallus

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\\ˈte.trəˌō, -rēˌō\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, heath cock, moorfowl, from Greek tetraōn — more at turtle (turtledove)

: a genus (the type of the family Tetraonidae) of grouses now restricted to the capercaillie and closely related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.