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pterocletes

pterocletes


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  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]}.