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sandgrouse

/ˈsændˌɡɹaʊs/

sandgrouse noun: any of several species of birds of the family Pteroclidae in the order Pterocliformes.

sandgrouse: any of several species of birds of the family Pteroclidae in the order Pterocliformes
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Noun

sandgrouse (plural sandgrouse or sandgrouses)

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

sandgrouse meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian

sandgrouse in Urdu

birds in the family Pteroclidae
بهٿ تیتر bhaṭ-tītar, بر تیتر bar-tītar, بن تیتر ban-tītar

sandgrouse in Malayalam

sandgrouse, any of several species of birds of the family Pteroclidae
മണൽപ്രാവ് maṇalprāvŭ

sandgrouse in Arabic

birds in the family Pteroclidae
قَطًا qaṭan

sandgrouse in Persian

birds in the family Pteroclidae
اسپرود esparud, باقرقره bâqerqere, کوکر kukar

Forms of sandgrouse

pluralsandgrouse
pluralsandgrouses
alternative formsand grouse
alternative formsand-grouse

Origin of sandgrouse

From sand + grouse.

Words formed from sandgrouse

Questions about sandgrouse

What does sandgrouse mean?
Sandgrouse means any of several species of birds of the family Pteroclidae in the order Pterocliformes.
What is sandgrouse in Urdu?
Sandgrouse in Urdu is بهٿ تیتر (bhaṭ-tītar), بر تیتر (bar-tītar), بن تیتر (ban-tītar). See Sandgrouse meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is sandgrouse?
Sandgrouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce sandgrouse?
Sandgrouse is pronounced /ˈsændˌɡɹaʊs/ (UK).
What is the plural of sandgrouse?
The plural of sandgrouse is sandgrouse.

Words near sandgrouse in the dictionary

  1. Sandgrens
  2. sandgroper
  3. sandgropers
  4. sandgrounder
  5. sandgrounders
  6. sandgrouse
  7. sandgrouses
  8. sandgun
  9. sandguns
  10. Sandham
  11. Sandhams

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sandgrouse (page history and authors); മണൽപ്രാവ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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