snowcock

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From snow +‎ cock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnəʊkɒk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

snowcock (plural snowcocks)

1. Any of several species of bird in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family Phasianidae, native to central Asia.
2. (informal, rare, slang) A sculpture of a penis, made out of snow

Derived terms

• Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
• Caspian snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius)
• Caucasian snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus)
• Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
• Tibetan snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus)

Translations

bird of the genus Tetraogallus

• Finnish: lumikana
• Russian: ула́р (ru) m (ulár), го́рная инде́йка f (górnaja indéjka)