plain wanderer

plain wanderer
noun
small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
Hypernyms: ↑wading bird, ↑wader
Member Holonyms: ↑Pedionomus, ↑genus Pedionomus

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noun
: a small Australian bird (Pedionomus torquatus) similar to the button quails

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