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pterocletes |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pterocletes \Pter`o*cle"tes\, n. pl [NL., fr Pterocles, the typical genus, fr Gr ? feather + ?, ?, a key, tongue of a clasp.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also {Pteroclomorph[ae]}.
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