HyperDic: sandgrouse

English > 1 sense of the word sandgrouse:
NOUNanimalsandgrouse, sand grousepigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
English > sandgrouse: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningpigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young.
Synonymsand grouse
Member ofPteroclididae, family Pteroclididaesandgrouses
Narrowerpainted sandgrouse, Pterocles indicussandgrouse of India
pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxusEurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly
pin-tailed sandgrouse, pin-tailed grouse, Pterocles alchatasandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers
Broadercolumbiform birdA cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
Spanishganga
Catalanganga

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