attăgēn, ēnis, m. (cf. Schneid. Gr. 2, p. 131; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 153, 318, 323 sq.) (attăgēna, ae, f., Mart. 2, 37, 3, and 13, 61), = ἀτταγήν,
a meadow-bird , the hazelhen or heath-cock : Tetrao bonasia, Linn.: Attagen maxume Ionius celeber, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133: Non attagen Ionicus Jucundior, Hor. Epod. 2, 54.
attagēn ēnis, m , ἀτταγήν, the heath-cock, H. ...
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·noun A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe. ...
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