Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Turnicidae — noun small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail • Syn: ↑family Turnicidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of families — This is a list of families used in scientific classification.=Kingdom Animalia=Phylum ChordataClass AvesOrder Accipitriformes* Family Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, Old World vultures, and allies * Family Cathartidae: New World vultures * … Wikipedia
gruiform — /grooh euh fawrm /, adj. Ornith. of or pertaining to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots. [1895 1900; < NL gruiformis, sing. of Gruiformes, equiv. to Gru , s. of Grus a genus of the order (L grus CRANE) + iformes… … Universalium
Quail-plover — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Pedionomus — noun plain wanderer • Syn: ↑genus Pedionomus • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Turnicidae, ↑family Turnicidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Gruiformes — noun inland marsh dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards • Syn: ↑order Gruiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves … Useful english dictionary
order Gruiformes — noun inland marsh dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards • Syn: ↑Gruiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves … Useful english dictionary
button quail — 1. any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode. 2. the blue breasted quail, Coturnix chinensis. [1880 85] * * * ▪ bird also… … Universalium
genus Turnix — noun type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail • Syn: ↑Turnix • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Turnicidae, ↑family Turnicidae • … Useful english dictionary
