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PTEROCLES INDICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterocles indicus mean? 

PTEROCLES INDICUS (noun)
  The noun PTEROCLES INDICUS has 1 sense:

1. sandgrouse of Indiaplay

  Familiarity information: PTEROCLES INDICUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PTEROCLES INDICUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sandgrouse of India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

painted sandgrouse; Pterocles indicus

Hypernyms ("Pterocles indicus" 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 ("Pterocles indicus" is a member of...):

genus Pterocles; Pterocles (type genus of the Pteroclididae)


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