tetraonid

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of or pertaining to the Tetraonidæ, or grouse family.
2. n. Any grouse, or other member of the Tetraonidæ.

Wiktionary

1. n. zoology A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) 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.