PTEROCLETES

Meaning of PTEROCLETES in English

( n. pl. )

A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphae.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PTEROCLETES — ˌterəˈklēd.(ˌ)ēz noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Pterocles, genus of sandgrouse : a suborder or Columbiformes coextensive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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 — 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

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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