snowcock

== English == === Etymology === From snow +‎ cock, from the fact that the bird is native to snowy, mountainous regions. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsnəʊkɒk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsnoʊˌkɑk/ Rhymes: -əʊkɒk Hyphenation: snow‧cock === Noun === snowcock (plural snowcocks or snowcock) Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to mountain regions of Eurasia. ==== Alternative forms ==== snow-cock ==== Hyponyms ==== Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus) Caspian snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius) Caucasian snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) Tibetan snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== snowbird Thesaurus:fowl === Further reading === snowcock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “snow-cock, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2025. “snowcock, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Category:Tetraogallus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Tetraogallus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies