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Webster 1913 Edition


Pterocletes


Pterˊo-cle′tes

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr
Pterocles
, the typical genus, fr. Gr. [GREEK] feather + [GREEK], [GREEK], 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
Pteroclomorphæ
.