| 单词 | white game |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite game white game n. now historical and rare = white grouse n.; cf. red game n., black game n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus mutus (ptarmigan) ptarmigan1599 white partridge1610 snow-hen1648 white game1678 lagopus1693 grey fowl1712 rype1744 white grouse1771 rock grouse1785 tanmerack1792 ripa1830 snow-grouse1884 lagopode1901 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 176 The white Game, erroneously called the white Partridge, Lagopus avis. 1795 J. Berkenhout Synopsis Nat. Hist. Great Brit. (ed. 3) I. 41 Ptarmigan, or White Game. In summer pale brown with dark spots. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxiii. 517 White grouse, white game, or ptarmigan, is nearly the same size as the red grouse. 2005 M. Cocker & R. Mabey Birds Britannica 157/2 Sportsmen once knew ptarmigan as ‘white grouse’ or ‘white game’. < as lemmas |
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