Dictionary entry

Tetraonid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Te‐tra″o‐nid (?), n. [L. tetrao a heath cock, grouse, Gr. �: cf. F. tétraonide.] (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.