HyperDic: family_pteroclididae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Pteroclididae:
NOUNanimalfamily Pteroclididae, Pteroclididaesandgrouses
English > family Pteroclididae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsandgrouses.
SynonymPteroclididae
Member ofColumbiformes, order Columbiformessand grouse
MembersPterocles, genus Pteroclestype genus of the Pteroclididae
Syrrhaptes, genus SyrrhaptesA genus of Pteroclididae
sandgrouse, sand grousepigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanishfamilia Pteroclididae, Pteroclididae, pteróclidos
CatalanPteroclidiforme, pteròclids

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