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sand grouse

DEFINITIONS OF: sand grouse

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n pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young

Synonyms:
sandgrouse
Types:
Pterocles indicus, painted sandgrouse
sandgrouse of India
Pterocles alchata, pin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse
sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers
Syrrhaptes paradoxus, pallas's sandgrouse
Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly
Type of:
columbiform bird
a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
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