† tanmerackn.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
= ptarmigan n.
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1792 Trans. Antiq. Soc. Scotl. 2 70 Here also is the Tanmerack, a fowl of the size of a dove, which always inhabits the tops of the highest mountains.
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