sand grouse
or sandgrouse
noun
any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
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Origin of sand grouse
First recorded in 1775–85
Words nearby sand grouse
sandfly, sandfly fever, Sand, George, sandglass, sand-groper, sand grouse, S and H, sandhi, sandhill crane, Sandhoff's disease, sandhog
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British Dictionary definitions for sand grouse
sandgrouse
/ (ˈsændˌɡraʊs) /
noun
any bird of the family Pteroclididae, of dry regions of the Old World, having very short feet, a short bill, and long pointed wings and tail: order Columbiformes
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