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sandgrouse

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsændˌɡɹaʊs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several species of birds of the family Pteroclidae in the order Pterocliformes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sand grouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: columbiform bird

Narrower terms: painted sandgrouse, Pterocles indicus, pin-tailed sandgrouse, pin-tailed grouse, Pterocles alchata, pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus

History

Etymology

From sand + grouse.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَطًا (qaṭan) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Azerbaijani: bağrıqara — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Catalan: ganga — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Cornish: tewesyar — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Czech: stepokur — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Dutch: zandhoen — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Finnish: hietakyyhky — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • French: ganga — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Galician: cortizol — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • German: Flughuhn — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Greek: περιστερόκοτα (peristerókota) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Hungarian: nyílfarkú pusztaityúk — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Irish: cearc ghainimh — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Irish: gaineamhchearc — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Persian: اسپرود (esparud) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Persian: باقرقره (bâqerqere) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Persian: کوکر (kukar) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Polish: stepówka — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Spanish: ganga — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Swedish: flyghöna — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Swedish: flyghöns — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Turkish: bağırtlak — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Ottoman Turkish: قطا (kata) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Urdu: بهٿ تیتر (bhaṭ-tītar) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Urdu: بر تیتر (bar-tītar) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Urdu: بن تیتر (ban-tītar) — birds in the family Pteroclidae
  • Welsh: iâr diffeithwch — birds in the family Pteroclidae