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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tetraonid

· Te·tra·o·nid · IPA
01 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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    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.(Zool.)