noun
Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly
• Syn: ↑Syrrhaptes paradoxus
• Hypernyms: ↑sandgrouse, ↑sand grouse
• Member Holonyms: ↑Syrrhaptes, ↑genus Syrrhaptes
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nounUsage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: after Peter S. Pallas
: a Eurasiatic sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) that has long sharply-pointed tail feathers, wings without white markings, and a conspicuous black patch on the belly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.