HyperDic: family_glareolidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Glareolidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Glareolidae, Glareolidae(Old World shorebirds) pratincoles and coursers
English > family Glareolidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning(Old World shorebirds) pratincoles and coursers.
SynonymGlareolidae
Member ofCharadrii, suborder Charadriishorebirds
MembersCursorius, genus CursoriusCoursers
Glareola, genus Glareolatype genus of the Glareolidae
Pluvianus, genus PluvianusCoursers
courserswift-footed terrestrial / terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanishfamilia Glareolidae, Glareolidae

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