genus pterocles

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Pteroclididae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	painted sandgrouse, pterocles indicus,
definition	:	sandgrouse of India (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	pin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse, pterocles alchata,
definition	:	sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pteroclididae, pteroclididae,
definition	:	sandgrouses (noun.animal)