snow-cock

Noun

snowcock (plural snowcocks or snowcock)

1. Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia.
   • The landscapes were bare and dismal, spotted with patches of stunted birch. There are some Lapp huts, which look like snowcocks in the distance.1859, “The Lapland Reindeer and Northern Lights”, in W. Meynell Whittemore, editor, The Church Scholar’s Magazine, London: Wertheim, Macintosh, & Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 339