- Rallidae
- nounrails; crakes; gallinules; coots• Syn: ↑family Rallidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes• Member Meronyms:↑rail, ↑Gallirallus, ↑genus Gallirallus, ↑Crex, ↑genus Crex, ↑Porzana, ↑genus Porzana, ↑Gallinula, ↑genus Gallinula, ↑Porphyrio, ↑genus Porphyrio, ↑Porphyrula, ↑genus Porphyrula, ↑genus Notornis, ↑Fulica, ↑genus Fulica
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\\ˈraləˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized: a family of gruiform birds consisting of the rails, crakes, wekas, coots, gallinules, and related forms
Useful english dictionary. 2012.