{Sand grouse} (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of Old
World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to
the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P.
exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the
painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand
grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust.
under {Pterocletes}.
{Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune.
{Sand-hill crane} (Zo["o]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
{Sand hopper} (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
{Sand hornet} (Zo["o]l.), a sand wasp.
{Sand lark}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[AE]gialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}.
{Sand launce} (Zo["o]l.), a lant, or launce.
{Sand lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
{Sand martin} (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow.
{Sand mole} (Zo["o]l.), the coast rat.
{Sand monitor} (Zo["o]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
{Sand mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
{Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}.
{Sand partridge} (Zo["o]l.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji})
inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A.
Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee
partridge}, and {teehoo}.
{Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
{Sand pike}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
{Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
{Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also {sand gall}.
{Sand pride} (Zo["o]l.), a small British lamprey now
considered to be the young of larger species; -- called
also {sand prey}.
{Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
{Sand rat} (Zo["o]l.), the pocket gopher.
{Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand.
{Sand runner} (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone.
{Sand saucer} (Zo["o]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or
o["o]thec[ae], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and
allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,
and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand
collar}.
{Sand screw} (Zo["o]l.), an amphipod crustacean
({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy
seabeaches of Europe and America.
{Sand shark} (Zo["o]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}.
{Sand skink} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the
ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern
Europe.
{Sand skipper} (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
{Sand smelt} (Zo["o]l.), a silverside.
{Sand snake}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and
{E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
{Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}.
{Sand snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the sandpiper.
{Sand star} (Zo["o]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on
sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
{Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
{Sand sucker}, the sandnecker.
{Sand swallow} (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. See under
{Bank}.
{Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
{Sand viper}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Hognose snake}.
{Sand wasp} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
{Pompilid[ae]} and {Spherid[ae]}, which dig burrows in
sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or
spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve
as food for her young.