| NOUN | animal | button quail, button-quail, bustard quail, hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial / terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe |
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| Meaning | small quail-like terrestrial / terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains. | |
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| Synonyms | button-quail, bustard quail, hemipode | |
| Member of | Turnix, genus Turnix | type genus of the Turnicidae |
| Narrower | striped button quail, Turnix sylvatica | A variety of button quail having stripes |
| Broader | wading bird, wader | Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
| Spanish | hemipode | |
| Catalan | hemipode | |
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