noun
small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
• Syn: ↑family Turnicidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gruiformes, ↑order Gruiformes
• Member Meronyms: ↑Turnix, ↑genus Turnix, ↑Pedionomus, ↑genus Pedionomus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.