Ptarmigans definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Now, two years later, I realized that from Windbound Lake we could have reached Michikamau in five or six days at the very outside, and less than two weeks, allowing for delays through bad weather and our weakened condition, would have brought us to the George River, where, at that time of the year, ducks and ptarmigans are always plentiful.

—The Long Labrador Trail

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Less than 30 years ago, Goatfell and the three other peaks that dominate the island were home to 28 ptarmigans, a plump game bird which is a member of the grouse family.
Greenfinches, ptarmigans and blackbirds could be among the next British birds sliding towards extinction — Environment news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
Up in the high meadows we saw ptarmigans, which are a type of ground dwelling birds that move round in small groups. — TravelPod.com Recent Updates
The ptarmigans, a sort of partridge, alone stay the winter in these latitudes; they are easily killed, and their great number promised an abundant supply of game. — The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
We saw six ptarmigans, but they got away from us Halla. — Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm