• (n.) A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.
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Te·tra'o·nid noun [ Latin
tetrao a heath cock, grouse, Greek ...: confer French
tétraonide .]
(Zoology) A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus
Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.
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