sand grouse

sandgrouse

also sand grouse S5067900 (sănd′grous′)n. Any of various ground-feeding birds of the family Pteroclididae, of arid and semiarid regions of Eurasia and Africa.

sand′ grouse`

n. any of several ground-dwelling birds of the family Pteroclididae, akin to and resembling pigeons, that inhabit arid regions of Africa and Asia. [1775–85]

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sand grouse - pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy youngsandgrousecolumbiform bird - a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toesfamily Pteroclididae, Pteroclididae - sandgrousespainted sandgrouse, Pterocles indicus - sandgrouse of Indiapin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata - sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail featherspallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus - Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly