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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 feathers
Familiarity information: PIN-TAILED GROUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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