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noun
Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: buttonquail
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: button quail, button-quail, bustard quail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wading bird, wader
Narrower terms: striped button quail, Turnix sylvatica
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English -pode English hemipode From hemi- + -pode.
