sandgrouse (redirected from Pterocliformes)

sandgrouse [ˈsændˌgraʊs]

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any bird of the family Pteroclididae, of dry regions of the Old World, having very short feet, a short bill, and long pointed wings and tail: order Columbiformes

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sandgrouse - pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young sand grouse columbiform bird - a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes family Pteroclididae, Pteroclididae - sandgrouses painted sandgrouse, Pterocles indicus - sandgrouse of India pin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata - sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus - Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly