Definition of Pin-tailed grouse

1. Noun. Sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers.

Exact synonyms: Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Pterocles Alchata
Generic synonyms: Sand Grouse, Sandgrouse
Group relationships: Genus Pterocles, Pterocles

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pin-tailed Grouse

pin-head
pin-heads
pin-hole
pin-holes
pin-money
pin-pen merger
pin-point
pin-pointed
pin-pointing
pin-points
pin-prick
pin-pricks
pin-striped
pin-tailed
pin-tailed duck
pin-tailed grouse (current term)
pin-tailed sandgrouse
pin amalgam
pin and ligature cutter
pin back
pin bone
pin cherry
pin clover
pin curl
pin down
pin implant
pin money
pin oak

Literary usage of Pin-tailed grouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1882)
"... usta-adam—Bird's- eye view of delta—Burnt reed-fields—Tame and wild ducks—The Kizil- Alan — pin-tailed grouse — Ak-Kala ..."

2. The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World: Or, The History by George Rawlinson (1881)
"... The sand-grouse and the pin-tailed grouse belong to the eastern portion of the country,4 the portion known anciently as Carmania or " the hot region. ..."

3. Birds that hunt and are hunted by Neltje Blanchan (1905)
"... campestris) Called also: pin-tailed grouse; SPECKLED OR WHITE BELLY; WILLOW GROUSE ; PRAIRIE CHICKEN; SPIKE- TAIL Length—17.50 to 2O inches. ..."

4. History of California: From Its Discovery to the Present Time ; Comprising by Elisha Smith Capron (1854)
"Grouse of various kinds, such as the great cock of the plains, dusky grouse, rock grouse, ruffed grouse, white-tailed grouse, and pin-tailed grouse, ..."

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