PTEROCLES ALCHATA

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Meaning:

Sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers

Synonyms:

pin-tailed grouse; pin-tailed sandgrouse; Pterocles alchata

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pterocles alchata" 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 alchata" is a member of...):

genus Pterocles; Pterocles (type genus of the Pteroclididae)

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