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Where does “tetrao” come from?

tetrao (Esperanto) comes from Latin tetrao — a kind of game-bird; a heath cock, grouse.

tetrao (Esperanto): a certain grouse, e.g. of the genus "Tetrao"; ...

Definitions

  1. a certain grouse, e.g. of the genus "Tetrao"; ...

Ancestry of “tetrao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintetraoa kind of game-bird; a heath cock, grouse
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