Pallas's sandgrouse
- noun
- UK
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ganga de Pallas
- A male Pallas's sandgrouse has a distinctive black patch on its belly and long pointed tail feathers.
Examples
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During migration, large flocks of Pallas's sandgrouse can sometimes be seen crossing arid landscapes.
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The Pallas's sandgrouse is often found in arid regions.
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The sudden arrival of Pallas's sandgrouse in western Europe surprised ornithologists.
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Look at that Pallas's sandgrouse perched on the rock!
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A male Pallas's sandgrouse has a distinctive black patch on its belly and long pointed tail feathers.
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During migration, large flocks of Pallas's sandgrouse can sometimes be seen crossing arid landscapes.
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The sudden arrival of Pallas's sandgrouse in western Europe surprised ornithologists.
Synonyms
A bird from Eurasia in the sandgrouse family with a black patch on its belly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Pallas's + sandgrouse
The phrase is a possessive proper name + common noun (Pallas's + sandgrouse), which transparently signals a particular kind or species of sandgrouse. A B1 learner who knows the noun 'sandgrouse' and basic possessive naming patterns will infer it refers to a type of sandgrouse even if they do not know who Pallas was, so the meaning is compositional and predictable.
Etymology
Pallas's sandgrouse is named after the scientist Pallas, who first described the bird, and the word sandgrouse shows it is a grouse-like bird of sandy places. So the name points to who first recorded it and the dry lands where this species lives.
