Word: sandgrouse
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sand
grouse
Definition: Any of several species of birds in the family Pteroclididae.
Morphemes:
Affix: sand
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A sandpiper; any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Affix: grouse
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: grūs
Language: la
Decoded: grus
Meaning: crane