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    FAMILY PTEROCLIDIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Sandgrousesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Pteroclididae; Pteroclididae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Pteroclididae" is a kind of...):

    bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

    Meronyms (members of "family Pteroclididae"):

    sand grouse; sandgrouse (pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young)

    genus Pterocles; Pterocles (type genus of the Pteroclididae)

    genus Syrrhaptes; Syrrhaptes (a genus of Pteroclididae)

    Holonyms ("family Pteroclididae" is a member of...):

    Columbiformes; order Columbiformes (sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires)

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