| NOUN | animal | family Rallidae, Rallidae | rails |
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| Meaning | rails; crakes; gallinules; coots. | |
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| Synonym | Rallidae | |
| Member of | Gruiformes, order Gruiformes | inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food |
| Members | Crex, genus Crex | corncrakes |
| Fulica, genus Fulica | coots | |
| Gallinula, genus Gallinula | gallinules | |
| Gallirallus, genus Gallirallus | rails of New Zealand | |
| Porphyrio, genus Porphyrio | Old World purple gallinules | |
| Porphyrula, genus Porphyrula | American purple gallinules | |
| Porzana, genus Porzana | spotted crakes | |
| genus Notornis | A genus of Rallidae | |
| rail | Any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud | |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
| Spanish | familia Rallidae, Rallidae | |
| Catalan | Rallidae | |
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