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   ‖Pterocletes , 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 Pteroclomorphæ.
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