PIN-TAILED SANDGROUSE

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

• PIN-TAILED SANDGROUSE (noun)
  The noun PIN-TAILED SANDGROUSE has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIN-TAILED SANDGROUSE (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 sandgrouse" 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 sandgrouse" is a member of...):

genus Pterocles; Pterocles (type genus of the Pteroclididae)