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Pteroclididae
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 plural
Usage: 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.