| NOUN | animal | Turnicidae, family Turnicidae | small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail |
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| Meaning | small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail. | |
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| Synonym | family Turnicidae | |
| 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 | Pedionomus, genus Pedionomus | plain wanderer |
| Turnix, genus Turnix | type genus of the Turnicidae | |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
| Spanish | turnícidos | |
| Catalan | Turnicidae, Turnícid, turnícids | |
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