sandgrouse

/ˌsæn(d)ˈgraʊs/

Definitions of sandgrouse

1. noun

   pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
   synonyms: sand grouse

   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