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GENUS TURNIX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail
Synonyms:
genus Turnix; Turnix
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Turnix" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Turnix"):
bustard quail; button-quail; button quail; hemipode (small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains)
ortygan (any of several East Indian birds)
Holonyms ("genus Turnix" is a member of...):
family Turnicidae; Turnicidae (small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail)
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