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Rallidae

noun

rails; crakes; gallinules; coots

• Syn: ↑family Rallidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑rail, ↑Gallirallus, ↑genus Gallirallus, ↑Crex, ↑genus Crex, ↑Porzana, ↑genus Porzana, ↑Gallinula, ↑genus Gallinula, ↑Porphyrio, ↑genus Porphyrio, ↑Porphyrula, ↑genus Porphyrula, ↑genus Notornis, ↑Fulica, ↑genus Fulica

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\\ˈraləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Rallus, type genus + -idae

: a family of gruiform birds consisting of the rails, crakes, wekas, coots, gallinules, and related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.