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sand grouse
or sandgrouse
noun
- any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sand grouse1
First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences
The nesting season of the various species of sand-grouse that breed in India is now beginning.
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The doves were reported as sand-grouse, and certainly come flighting in from the desert very much in the s.-g.
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White wagtails appeared in great numbers a few weeks ago, and sand-grouse are reported in vast numbers further north.
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Crossing this, nearly knee-deep in mud and water in many parts, we fell in with three packs of Sand-Grouse (Pterocles alchata).
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An example of how this may occur is illustrated by the sporadic excursion into Europe of Pallas sand-grouse.
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