NOUN | animal | Turnix, genus Turnix | type genus of the Turnicidae |
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Meaning | type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail. | |
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Synonym | genus Turnix | |
Member of | Turnicidae, family Turnicidae | small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail |
Members | button quail, button-quail, bustard quail, hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial / terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe |
ortygan | Any of several East Indian birds | |
Broader | bird genus | A genus of birds |
Spanish | género Turnix, genus turnix, turnix, Turnix | |
Catalan | genus turnix, turnix |
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