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1- a medium to large game bird with a plump body and feathered legs, the male being larger and more conspicuously coloured than the female松鸡。
1.1
- Family Tetraonidae (or Phasianidae): several genera, especially Lagopus and Tetrao. The family also includes ptarmigans, capercaillies, and prairie chickens.松鸡科（或雉科）：数属, 尤指雷鸟属和松鸡属。该科还包括雷鸟、松鸡和草原松鸡。
1.2
- mass noun the flesh of this bird as food松鸡肉。
词源
early 16th cent.: perhaps related to medieval Latin gruta or to Old French grue 'crane'.