Ptarmigan

tar'mi-gan, n. A bird of the grouse famdiily, having the feet and toes feathered, and haunting lofty apheights of mountainous countries in Europe, Asia, To and Amer.: to Pterodactyl, tSri. odak' til, n. (Pale on.) A a fo il reptile which had the A little finger of the hand Ptarmigan. greatly elongated, to bear a membranous wing. ■ rof'o-rus. or us, Pteroph'- ten. (E ntom.) One of agemis of s m a 1 1 by, lepidopterous insects whose to, — wings vided are diinto row narfeathered rays. Pterophorus. — Ptolemaic, tol-e-ma'ik, a. Pert, to Ptolemy, an ancient Greek geographer and astronomer who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it.