turnicimorphic

turnicimorphic, a. Ornith.

(tɜːnɪsɪˈmɔːfɪk)

[f. mod.L. Turnicimorphæ (f. Turnix + Gr. µορϕή form) + -ic.]

Resembling, or having the structure or characters of, the Turnicimorphæ, in Huxley's classification the group of birds akin in form to the genus Turnix.

In recent Dicts.