"family pteroclididae" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member holonym:
- sand grouse, sandgrouse - pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
- genus pterocles, pterocles - type genus of the Pteroclididae
- genus syrrhaptes, syrrhaptes - a genus of Pteroclididae
belongs to: columbiformes, order columbiformes - sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires

same as: pteroclididae