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Te*tra"o*nid (?), n. [L. tetrao a heath cock, grouse, Gr. : cf. F. t'etraonide.] Zool.
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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