ORTYGAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several East Indian birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ortygan" is a kind of...):

wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Holonyms ("ortygan" is a member of...):

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

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