PTEROCLETES

Meaning of PTEROCLETES in English

ˌterəˈklēd.(ˌ)ēz noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Pterocles, genus of sandgrouse

: a suborder or Columbiformes coextensive with the Pteroclididae

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PTEROCLETES — (n. pl.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and …
Английский словарь Webster
PTEROCLETES — ( n. pl. ) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PTEROCLETES — noun ·pl a division of birds including the sand grouse. they are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and …
Webster English vocab
PTEROCLIDIDAE — ˌterəˈklidəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pteroclid-, Pterocles, type genus (from pter- + Greek kleid-, kleis key) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SANDGROUSE — any of 16 species of birds of Asian and African deserts, constituting the family Pteroclidae (or Pterocletidae) and usually treated …
Britannica English vocabulary
COLUMBIFORM — any member of an order of birds (Columbiformes) that includes pigeons, doves, the extinct dodoes, and sandgrouse. Pigeons and doves …
Britannica English vocabulary