TETRAONID

Te*tra"o*nid, n. Etym: [L. tetrao a heath cock, grouse, Gr. tétraonide.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 May 2024

RECALL

(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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