sandgrouse

Noun

Meaning

pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ganga sand grouse gangue bahgen

Antonyms

unreasonable price

Hypernyms

columbiform bird

Hyponyms

pin-tailed sandgrouse pallas's sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata painted sandgrouse Pterocles indicus

Phrases with the word

four-banded sandgrouse Lichtenstein's sandgrouse black-faced sandgrouse Madagascar sandgrouse Namaqua sandgrouse Burchell's sandgrouse

Examples

Nesting sandgrouse and many plovers carry water to their young by wetting their belly feathers. citation Some birds carry water for chicks at the nest in their crop or regurgitate it along with food. Source: Internet

Pteroclidiformes Sandgrouses *Fayyum sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus floweri (Fayyum area, Egypt, late 20th century?) :This subspecies of the chestnut-bellied sandgrouse was last recorded in 1979 and is likely to have gone extinct since. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Sandgren sandgroper sandgrounder sandgun Sandham Sandhawalia