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PIN-TAILED GROUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pin-tailed grouse mean? 

PIN-TAILED GROUSE (noun)
  The noun PIN-TAILED GROUSE has 1 sense:

1. sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathersplay

  Familiarity information: PIN-TAILED GROUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIN-TAILED GROUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pin-tailed grouse; pin-tailed sandgrouse; Pterocles alchata

Hypernyms ("pin-tailed grouse" is a kind of...):

sand grouse; sandgrouse (pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young)

Holonyms ("pin-tailed grouse" is a member of...):

genus Pterocles; Pterocles (type genus of the Pteroclididae)


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