HyperDic: pin-tailed_grouse

English > 1 sense of the expression pin-tailed grouse:
NOUNanimalpin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchatasandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers
English > pin-tailed grouse: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers.
Synonymspin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata
Member ofPterocles, genus Pteroclestype genus of the Pteroclididae
Broadersandgrouse, sand grousepigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
CatalanPterocles alchata

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