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TURNICIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
Synonyms:
family Turnicidae; Turnicidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Turnicidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Turnicidae"):
genus Turnix; Turnix (type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail)
genus Pedionomus; Pedionomus (plain wanderer)
Holonyms ("Turnicidae" is a member of...):
Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)
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