genus Turnix

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Turnix - type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail Turnix bird genus - a genus of birds family Turnicidae, Turnicidae - small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail bustard quail, button quail, button-quail, hemipode - small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains ortygan - any of several East Indian birds

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