LAGOPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lagopus mean? 

• LAGOPUS (noun)
  The noun LAGOPUS has 1 sense:

1. ptarmigans

  Familiarity information: LAGOPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAGOPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ptarmigans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lagopus; Lagopus

Hypernyms ("Lagopus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Lagopus"):

ptarmigan (large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage)

Holonyms ("Lagopus" is a member of...):

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)

 Context examples 

Research conducted in the Himalayan Mountains identify a recently discovered three to five million-year-old Tibetan fox, Vulpes qiuzhudingi, as the likely ancestor of the living arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus.

("Out of Tibet" hypothesis: Cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals is in Tibet, NSF)