Pteroclididae

noun

sandgrouses

• Syn: ↑family Pteroclididae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Columbiformes, ↑order Columbiformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑sandgrouse, ↑sand grouse, ↑Pterocles, ↑genus Pterocles, ↑Syrrhaptes, ↑genus Syrrhaptes

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\\ˌterəˈklidəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pteroclid-, Pterocles, type genus (from pter- + Greek kleid-, kleis key) + -idae — more at cleid-

: a family of birds (suborder Pterocletes) consisting of the sandgrouses