A.= ὄρνις ποιός, Hsch. (cf. τέταρος, τέτραξ); Lat. tetrao, guinea-fowl, Meleagris numida, Suet.Cal.22; but also, black grouse and capercaillie, Tetrao tetrix and urogallus, prob. in Plin.HN 10.56.
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