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    FAMILY TURNICIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quailplay

    Synonyms:

    family Turnicidae; Turnicidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family 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 "family Turnicidae"):

    genus Turnix; Turnix (type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail)

    genus Pedionomus; Pedionomus (plain wanderer)

    Holonyms ("family 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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