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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pterocletes \pter`ocle"tes\, n. pl. nl., fr pterocles, the
typical genus, fr. gr. ? feather + ?, ?, a key, tongue of a
clasp. zool.
a division of birds including the sand grouse. they are in
some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true
grouse. called also pteroclomorphae.
1913 webster
see also:
pteroclomorphae
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