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