noun
sandgrouses
• Syn: ↑family Pteroclididae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Columbiformes, ↑order Columbiformes
• Member Meronyms: ↑sandgrouse, ↑sand grouse, ↑Pterocles, ↑genus Pterocles, ↑Syrrhaptes, ↑genus Syrrhaptes
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\\ˌterəˈklidəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pteroclid-, Pterocles, type genus (from pter- + Greek kleid-, kleis key) + -idae — more at cleid-
: a family of birds (suborder Pterocletes) consisting of the sandgrouses
Useful english dictionary. 2012.